Students spurn science subjects for media studies

THE world is in danger of running out of scientists because too many young people are opting to study “easier'' subjects in school and university, the British Association for the Advancement of Science was told Monday.  

Even in supposedly pro-science countries such as South Korea, the United States and Japan, media studies is now seen as a more attractive option than chemistry, biology and physics, the association president, Sir Peter Williams, said at its annual festival, held this year at the University of Salford.