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Surge in Student Numbers for Economics
12th April 2009
Today’s Observer carries some hugely encouraging news:
Economics is a must study for students in recession
A surge in sixth-formers applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global recession awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works. Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn or next were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at GCSE and A-level were also up
Interest in the Royal Economic Society’s annual essay competition for sixth form economists is very strong this year. There is still more than a month before the final deadline for entries to be submitted. Here are the main details.
Much more here
And here - The crunch chronicles: ten books that try to make sense of global chaos
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.