Delivering distance education for modern government: The F4Gov programme

Education and Training

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 250-260

  Talbot, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil Service; E learning; Employers; Learners; Programme evaluation and review technique; Work based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247326009     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910710749387     Document Type: Article

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