Generic descriptors: A health check

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-166

  Greatorex, Jackie ^a  

^a University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010817538     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832990050206     Document Type: Article

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