Sentence examples for more practical subjects from inspiring English sources

"And in general terms, subjects with a higher proportion of assessed written work are likely to provide a better preparation than more practical subjects for studying a degree at Warwick".

Worst of all, hopes of raising the quality and status of vocational learning – the biggest single weakness of English education – were dashed, as more practical subjects were shoehorned into a structure that put traditional academic learning at the apex.

One of the subjects under discussion will be, "How do you create illumination and an ecstasy of truth?" Related, but more practical subjects, will be the art of lockpicking.

This year, 79% of GCSE students achieved five or more A* to C grades – a leap of 41% from 2008, partly explained by a change in the curriculum to include more practical subjects such as agriculture and horticulture and a BTec first diploma in animal care.

While most are offered by large state universities, some are based at liberal arts campuses, like SUNY New Paltz, that are better known for teaching philosophy than more practical subjects like "psychological first aid," a linchpin of treatment for disaster victims.

The simple subject specific scheme and a more practical subject independent scheme were designed to classify wake, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-REM (NREM) sleep.

There was also a more practical matter.

And there is a more practical issue.

Their grades were affected negatively, especially in more practical school subjects, such as drawing, crafts and physical training.

It is not just that it is difficult to demonstrate the immediate economic benefits of subjects such as neuroscience or pure mathematics, especially when compared with more immediately practical subjects such as moral philosophy or media studies.

But because of the many regulations involved in studying marine mammals in the wild, Wainwright encouraged Long to pursue a more practical aquatic subject: bony fish.