Rise in arts degrees 'has left UK with major skills crisis'

By Graeme Paton. Too many teenagers are being pushed into taking university courses because of Britain’s “snobbery” towards technical qualifications, a former Conservative education secretary has warned. The country is being left with a major shortage of skilled engineers following a sharp rise in the number of school-leavers studying arts and humanities degrees, according to Lord Baker. In an interview with the Telegraph, he attacked the “totally unrealistic” target imposed by the last Labour government designed to get 50 per cent of young people into higher education. Read more...