A new learning culture? Possibilities and contradictions in accreditation

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-20

  Davies, Pat ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842698812     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.1999.11661398     Document Type: Article

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