Benchmarking academic standards in history: An empirical exercise

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-154

  Woolf, Harvey ^a   Cooper, Angela ^b   Bourdillon, Bernard ^b   Bridges, Paul ^b   Collymore, Debbie ^b   Haines, Chris ^b   Turner, David ^b   Yorke, Mantz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646592109     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1353832990050205     Document Type: Article

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