That’s the verdict of a new YouGov poll, which also found that 26 per cent of eight to 18-year-olds want to study a STEM subject at university.
A further 10 per cent of the 700 children polled said they hoped to become doctors, dentists, pharmacists or nurses.
In contrast, 18 per cent favoured arts subjects, while six per cent chose humanities, five per cent education, and four per cent business studies.
The research, which revealed that only four per cent of girls want to study for a degree in technology, engineering or physics, compared to 26 per cent of boys, was conducted for the Astellas Innovation Debate.
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