2006 Geophysics Education Review
In July 2006 BGS published a review of geophysics education in the UK. In the report it noted that:
the growing demands of industry and government service are facing a severe shortage of trained UK graduates with geophysics skills.
The paper predicted that, at current rates, there would be no undergraduates by 2030. As such the review was undertaken to with the aims of properly assessing the current state of geophysical education within the UK and consequently identifying problems and recommending further action to take.
Ultimately the paper concluded that there is a need to increase awareness of geophysics in post-16 education environments by including geophysics topics in secondary school examinations. It also suggested that there is an urgent need to develop geophysics courses for physics teachers, such as the Teacher Scientist Network at the Norwich Research Park and the Seismology in Schools project.
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