Leap in numbers studying postgraduate agriculture courses
The rush to till the land is reaching new levels of sophistication! This article tells us:
Postgraduate-level agricultural degree courses are surging in popularity, according to figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Courses throughout the UK categorised as “agriculture and related subjects” saw the biggest growth in new student numbers at both undergraduate (4%) and postgraduate (29%) levels from 2013-14 to 2014-15.
The 29% increase in postgraduate agriculture students was the largest of any other subject, the closest being a 10% increase in the uptake of medicine-related courses.