Hi - thanks to all of you who have asked where I am - been traveling for last ten days - hence lack of blog entries - now have to get my thoughts together and report on some of the meetings I have been at. In the meantime, thought this Education Guardian article is interesting. Is it that the UK mass degree policy is devaluing degrees? Or could it just be that learning is becoming more valuable than formal academic qualifications?

"The financial value of a university degree has fallen sharply in the past decade as more graduates enter the job market, research shows.

The study by academics at the University of Swansea shows that graduates can now expect to earn £150,000 more over the course of their careers than those who do not go to university, rather than the £400,000 ministers claimed during the debate last year on university top-up fees, which will be introduced in September 2006. The National Union of Students said it was not surprised by the findings."