Does chemistry have a maths problem?
The higher education (HE) chemistry community and representatives of the chemical industry would indubitably say ‘yes’ and point to reports going back over a decade.1 The source of their concern may derive from the changes in the pattern of student choice at A-level over the past 50 years, from a combination of maths, higher maths, physics and chemistry to a much broader range of subjects. The increased numbers of students in HE also means there is a very different cohort studying the chemical sciences at degree-level than before.
