Representation of Ethnic Groups in Chemistry and Physics

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List of appendices Appendix 1: Estimated numbers of students at each stage based on a school-leaving cohort 36 Appendix 2: Science A-levels in the YCS with DfES coding 37 Appendix 3: A-level chemistry and potential undergraduate chemists 38 Appendix 4: A-level physics and potential undergraduate physicists 38 Appendix 5: Ethnic composition of the England- and Wales-domiciled undergraduate population 39 Appendix 6: Ethnic and gender percentages in the population of chemistry and physics students achieving a first or upper second degree classification 39 Appendix 7: Undergraduate subject groups ranked by ethnic group participation 40 Appendix 8: Proportion of students awarded first or upper second degrees, by ethnicity and subject group 40 Appendix 9: Ethnicity of academic staff in chemistry and physics 42 Appendix 10: Statistical inference 43 x R EPRESENTATION OF E THNIC G ROUPS IN C HEMISTRY AND P HYSICS M AY 2006
Abbreviations DfES EGR GCSE GNVQ HESA ICT IOP KS LFS MChem MPhys ONS RSC SET UCAS YCS Department for Education and Skills Ethnic-gender representation General Certificate in Secondary Education General National Vocational Qualification Higher Education Statistics Agency Information and communication technology Institute of Physics Key Stage Labour Force Survey Master of Chemistry (four-year enhanced undergraduate degree in chemistry) Master of Physics (four-year enhanced undergraduate degree in physics) Office for National Statistics Royal Society of Chemistry Science, engineering and technology Universities and Colleges Admissions Service Youth Cohort Study R EPRESENTATION OF E THNIC G ROUPS IN C HEMISTRY AND P HYSICS M AY 2006 xi
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