Addressing the tensions in a process-based quality assurance model through the introduction of graduate outcomes: A case study of the change process in a vocational higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-136

  Burden Leaky, Sheila ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graduate outcomes; Institutional programme quality assurance; Peer review; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944442454     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320500175084     Document Type: Review

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