Tensions between student and institutional conceptions of postgraduate research

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-334

  McCormack, Coralie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

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EID: 2542600766     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070410001682600     Document Type: Article

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