Physics students leave ill-equipped

16th September 2011, 1:00am

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Physics students leave ill-equipped

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Physics students are leaving school unprepared for their courses because A-levels do not give them the skills they need, academics have warned. The restricted syllabuses in maths and physics A-levels were blamed for encouraging “learning by rote”.

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