Science and Technology - Eighth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 4 April 2005.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Report
Summary
1 Introduction
Working assumptions
2 The current situation
Why do we need STEM graduates?
Departmental closures
Consequences of closures
3 Skills
Is there a skills shortage?
Matching supply with demand
School science teachers
Graduate choices
4 Student demand
Demand for undergraduate STEM courses
Case study: levels of demand for chemistry
Student demand and departmental closures
Quality versus quantity
Student perceptions of science
What can be done to increase levels of undergraduate
demand?
Science education in schools
Careers information
Financial incentives
5 The higher education funding system
Overview of the funding system
University autonomy
Funding for minority subjects
Research funding
A system based on performance
The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
Impact of full economic cost policy
Research concentration
Teaching funding
6 The hub and spokes model
Is the current situation sustainable?
The separation of teaching and research
Collaboration
Practicalities
7 Regional issues
The need for a regional research presence
in all core subjects
Universities and business: the regional dimension
The importance of geography
Should all the regions be equal?
Student demand for regional provision
Current regional provision
Variable tuition fees
8 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
Written Memoranda
Reports from the Science and Technology Committee
since 2001
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 220-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 220-II)
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