Revisiting key skills: A practical framework for higher education

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-67

  Washer, Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employability; Graduateness; Key skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147175049     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320701272755     Document Type: Article

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