Recognising and overcoming dissonance in postgraduate student research

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-105

  Wisker, Gina ^a   Robinson, Gillian ^a   Trafford, Vernon ^a   Creighton, Emma ^a   Warnes, Mark ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037324893     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070309304     Document Type: Conference Paper

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