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Science is 'failing a generation'

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Standards in science exams in UK schools have been eroded and the system is failing a generation, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) warns. Dr Richard Pike, chief executive of the RSC, says there is hard evidence that standards have slipped - and slipped catastrophically. He discusses his view with Professor John Holman, director of the National Science Learning Centre.

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