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The Natural Sciences in the New Universities
Author(s) -
Thompson Sir Michael
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1991.tb01577.x
Subject(s) - natural science , higher education , natural (archaeology) , sociology , mathematics education , engineering ethics , pedagogy , political science , psychology , engineering , geography , archaeology , epistemology , philosophy , law
The introduction of interdisciplinary courses and a high level of research activity were characteristics of the science schools of the New Universities whose consequences, educational and financial, are examined in this paper.