Figures & data
Table 1 Assessment of student writing skills before and after a programme of writing exercises
Figure 1 Responses of first year bioscience undergraduates to a series of statements relating to their experience with exercises designed to help improve their writing skills. Students were able to select any responses which applied to them
Figure 2 The percentage of first year biosciences students who ranked writing skills (green) and mathematical skills (red), relative to a knowledge of biology, general knowledge and presentation skills, when considering their importance to future employers (ranking was 1 to 5, where 1=most important)
Table 2 Number of undergraduates and year six school children getting questions wrong from Section A of a university diagnostic maths test
Table 3 Questions to high school science teachers about post-16 pupils who they anticipate going on to study science subjects