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A degree for change

03 Oct 2001

With 574 distinct physics degrees on offer at universities in the UK, there would appear to be little need for any more. However, a report published this month by the Institute of Physics makes a strong case for what it calls "a new degree drawing heavily upon physics - being more interdisciplinary in focus and accessible by undergraduates with more modest mathematical experience".

Such a degree would accept students with lower mathematical ability and “build mathematical kn

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