Reflections on key skills: Implementing change in a traditional university

Journal of Education Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 481-498

  Tariq, Vicki N ^a   Cochran, A Clive ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242593992     PISSN: 02680939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0268093032000124857     Document Type: Review

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