Fertile ground?

摘要

In the UK, potential undergraduates applying for University places are seeking science and engineering over the 'soft' subjects such as art and history. Students receiving their A-level results in mid-August elected to abandon the easy option and go for science, mathematics and engineering in greater numbers than ever, retaining a trend that has been growing in recent years. With the country crying out for qualified graduates in these STEM subjects, the recent decision to expand the UK's investment in space projects and to push the country's contribution to the European Space Agency to third place behind France and Germany, there was never a better time to focus on education and to directing students to the space sciences.