Just a side track maybe, but what are the A level subjects of which
Universities dream? I thought Economics was respectable enough these days
and has been for eons? What's happened, has a stellar physicist got at it
and filled it with black holes, white dwarves and time-space continua?
Do admissions tutors ever say what they don't like about subjects they don't
like; or are we left to gaze at the awe and majesty of such beings?
How about teachers/schools represented on this list who/that do NOT offer
business studies ... why not? Why stick at economics (I assume they at least
do this otherwise they wouldn't be on this list would they?) How is
Accounting viewed these days, after all, it's another vocational subject
isn't it?
Duncan Williamson
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Clutterbuck" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, 13 June, 2001 23:39
Subject: university Entry Requirements
> We have a student at Newcastle Under Lyme College who has been accepted
> (conditionally) at Lougborough to study Economics but I suspect it is the
> fact that the student is studying Maths in addition to Business and
> Economics at A2 that has strengthened his case. I do hope however, that he
> performed well in his interview to overcome any preconceptions of the
> interviewing panel.
>
> He did of course have the benefit of a projected A grade for A level
> Economics.
>
> On a final note I would agree that this student is in the minority.
>
> Would it be too controversial brutally hoenst etc. to say that many of
the
> prestigious establishments perceive (rightly or wrongly depending on your
> point of view) that Business Studies contaminates the purity of the
subject
> of Economics and that it is a case of dumbing down?
>
> I suspect that many academic establishments perceive Business Studies in
> any guise as a vocational as opposed to academic subject.
>
>
> Mandy Clutterbuck
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