Foundation degrees: A risky business?

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-16

  Rowley, Jennifer ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education colleges; Further education; Quality management; Risk management; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744374814     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880510578623     Document Type: Article

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4. HEFCE (2000), Foundation Degree Prospectus, HEFCE, London.
5. HEFCE (2004), Formative Evaluation of Foundation Degrees: Report, HEFCE, London.
6. QAA (2002a), Foundation Degree: Qualification Benchmark, QAA, Gloucester.
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