From ANN COLLEY
The number of children studying the most traditional science subjects
may be in decline, but the picture is dramatically different for psychology.
Psychology at A level is the fastest growing subject and the ratio of
applicants to university places is now in the region of 40:1. It is worth
noting that more women are choosing to study psychology than men.
But why has psychology become so popular? We have asked a large group
of applicants and a large group of first year undergraduates what had fired
their enthusiasm to study psychology. The most important factor to emerge
was ‘information via the media’. We at The British Psychological Society
take our media relations on behalf of the discipline very seriously. We
feel there is a lesson here for other sciences.
Ann Colley British Psychological Society Leicester
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