Benchmarking academic standards in the UK

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-96

  Yorke, Mantz ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0010893892     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.1999.9966982     Document Type: Article

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