Scottish schoolchildren are developing a passion for literature which contrasts with their apathetic English counterparts, a report has claimed.
The uptake of English degrees in Scotland increased by more than 10 per cent in the decade to 2021, bucking a UK trend which saw admissions collapse by up to a third, according to findings by the British Academy, the national centre for the humanities and the social sciences.
School curriculums outside of Scotland have become more prescriptive in recent years, with GCSE students now required to study a 19th-century English novel in full.
