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Editorial Active Learning in Higher Education 11(3) 163–166 © The Author(s) 2010 Reprints and permission: sagepub. co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1469787410379997 alh.sagepub.com Lynne P. Baldwin Brunel University, UK There seems to be an assumption, now pretty much a given and thus little discussed, that a university degree certificate is a passport to ‘success’ in the workplace or elsewhere, and so it is therefore perhaps not surprising that more and more school leavers are keen to embark on undergraduate study. Or, if they are not so keen, that they feel that they will ‘miss out’ or be disadvantaged in some way if they do not. However, there are those who claim that, as there are far more undergraduates coming out with degrees these days, the qualification has lost a little (or a lot) of its value. In the ‘old days’, someone with a degree was uncommon; these days this is not the case. This might perhaps explain why, in parallel to the growth of the undergraduate population, there is growth, too, in the postgraduate population, as it is the postgraduate degree that is now seen as a better ‘differentiator’ in light of the large numbers of students who possess an undergraduate degree. Whatever http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Active Learning in Higher Education SAGE

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Baldwin, Lynne P.
Active Learning in Higher Education , Volume 11 (3): 4 – Nov 1, 2010
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Active Learning in Higher Education 11(3) 163–166 © The Author(s) 2010 Reprints and permission: sagepub. co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1469787410379997 alh.sagepub.com Lynne P. Baldwin Brunel University, UK There seems to be an assumption, now pretty much a given and thus little discussed, that a university degree certificate is a passport to ‘success’ in the workplace or elsewhere, and so it is therefore perhaps not surprising that more and more school leavers are keen to embark on undergraduate study. Or, if they are not so keen, that they feel that they will ‘miss out’ or be disadvantaged in some way if they do not. However, there are those who claim that, as there are far more undergraduates coming out with degrees these days, the qualification has lost a little (or a lot) of its value. In the ‘old days’, someone with a degree was uncommon; these days this is not the case. This might perhaps explain why, in parallel to the growth of the undergraduate population, there is growth, too, in the postgraduate population, as it is the postgraduate degree that is now seen as a better ‘differentiator’ in light of the large numbers of students who possess an undergraduate degree. Whatever

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