Quality assurance in UK higher education: Issues of trust, control, professional autonomy and accountability

Higher Education

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-563

  Hoecht, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Control; Legitimacy; Professional autonomy; Professional project; Quality assurance; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645738071     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-004-2533-2     Document Type: Article

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