Entry qualifications, degree results and value-added in UK universities

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 251-264

  Chapman, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030490455     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498960220301     Document Type: Article

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