Higher Education

Some students want to follow a course at university which builds on the Science for Public Understanding course. The following list includes suggestions which seem to be appropriate. Many of them are combined courses. Students should always check carefully that the details match their own interests.

Please let us know of any other H.E. courses you find out about that you consider a natural progression from SPU.

Environmental Sciences

Nearly all universities offer environmental science courses. These may include a very wide range of different subjects including pure science and science policy units. Some will be very suitable for SPU students but it is important to check the options available.

Human and biological sciences

University of Bolton Human sciences C901

University of Durham Human Sciences L600

University of Oxford Human Sciences BCLO

University College London Human Sciences

University of Sussex Human Sciences BLVO

Interdisciplinary Science

Many important issues today require input from more than one specialist science subject. An interdisciplinary science course develops some of the skills required.

University of Leicester Interdisciplinary Science FCGO BSc/i-S

Science communication

University of Glamorgan Science: Fiction and Culture FOQ2

Royal Holloway University of London Biology with Science Communication C9P3, Biochemistry with Science Communication C7P4 and Physics with Science Communication F3P3

University of Plymouth Science and the media C1P3

University College London Science Communication and Policy P990

History and Philosophy of science

University of Bristol Physics and Philosophy FV35

University of Cambridge Natural Sciences

University of East Anglia History and history of Medicine V384

King's College London Physics and Philosophy F3V5

University of Leeds History and Philosophy of science V550

University of Manchester Physics with philosophy F3V5

Queen's University Belfast History of science

University College London History and Philosophy of Science V550

Science and Society

University of Glamorgan Science and Politics L290

University of Manchester Biology with Science and Society C1V3

University College London History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science V551

Renewable energy

Cornwall College Renewable energy technologies F850

University of Dundee Renewable energy H225