We visited one school in Cambridge where computer science is taught, albeit at A-level.
Creative writing courses have expanded at university level - and it is now going to be offered at A-level.
Apparently, quite a few of his best students drop computer science at A-level because top universities are still sniffy about it.
Indeed, research by exams group Cambridge Assessment found three A grades at A-level was achieved by 17.5% of students in 2009.
There has been a greater increase in the number of girls studying science technology and engineering subjects at A-level than for boys.
He said the statistics which should be considered were those showing the percentage of people who achieved three grade As at A-level.
Obtaining a C-grade in GCSE English is a crucial benchmark required for pupils wanting to continue their studies at A-level or further education college.
Deciding which subjects to study at A-level after their first year of AS-levels allowed them to make "right choices for their future", he said.
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At A-level you are supposed to be able finally to escape those subjects that you can't stand doing because, for whatever reason, they bore you.
At A-level there was a decrease of 8% in the number of entries for French and 3% for German, although Spanish saw an increase of 17%.
It will also be seen as a way of helping oversubscribed universities to distinguish between the growing number of pupils who achieve A grades at A-level.
It suggested that many students are left struggling with degree courses because they lack a good understanding of maths, with sixth-formers simply taught to pass exams at A-level.
The A-levels and GNVQs are to change in an effort to broaden the courses for lower sixth pupils to get away from the traditional narrow specialisation at A-level.
Mr Willetts' comments come after Telegraph reporters filmed staff at an agency in China saying it could help a student get into certain UK universities with three C or B grades at A-level.
BBC: Willetts warns universities over foreign student grades
Cleverly, who achieved an A grade at A-level maths, said the degree course, particularly the social side, had helped him to cope with the rigours of training up to six days a week.
Last month the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (Acme), which has been consulted about the new exams, registered its own concerns that GCSE1 would not provide the proper foundation for further study at A-level.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Advisers sound maths GCSE warning
The report calls the issue both "serious and urgent" and urges the government to use the ongoing curriculum reform to produce an "extended" version for students with the potential to study the subject at A-level.
BBC: Rushed maths leads to 'superficial' learning, report says
In a joint response, the National Association of Head Teachers and the Secondary Heads Association said they supported ways of identifying potential for higher education in students whose backgrounds made them unlikely to do well at A-level.
"If this is not the case, we risk young people being under-prepared for the rigours of studying maths at A-level - a concern that would appear to be shared by QCA, the government's own advisers on the school curriculum, " Prof Brown said.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Advisers sound maths GCSE warning
For a subject such as economics, applicants might have an A grade in A-level economics, but some universities might also require pupils to have a high grade at maths A-level as well.
Ms. White, Mr. Khuzami and another prosecutor made the case for indicting the cleric for the plot at a high-level meeting at the Justice Department in Washington, according to people familiar with the meeting.
"Further it has been reported that some students are often 'coached' to a C-grade at AS and A-level rather than attempting to produce higher quality answers, " it said.
This is further reflected by the fact that more and more young people are going on to study mathematics and further mathematics at AS-level and A-level.
Until now, an overwhelming number of these students -- many in developing countries and lacking standard education credentials -- never would have had a chance at a Stanford-level education.
It was true and will continue to be true that there are obviously -- in terms of getting into the nitty-gritty and moving this process forward, there are regular and constant discussions at a high-level staff level, as well as sidebar conversations between different members and between the administration and lawmakers.
The report also warned that some schools were discouraged by the system of league tables in England from entering many students for high-level maths courses, either at GCSE or A-level.
Indeed, the issue soured the mood at a ministerial-level China-Arab forum held in Tianjin in northern China.
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They will announce these commitments at a high-level meeting on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York next month.
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