UNIVERSITY students studying science, technology and engineering courses in Scotland do not have the required level of mathematics, a leading academic has warned.
Professor Martin McCoustra, chairman in chemical physics at Heriot-Watt University, said the institution has to run top-up"maths lessons for first-year students which drill them in skills such as solving equations – something he says is no longer taught sufficiently thoroughly at school.
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