Between a rock and a hard place: The role of HE and foundation degrees in workforce development

Education and Training

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 170-181

  Edmond, Nadia ^a   Hillier, Yvonne ^a   Price, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degrees; Employee development; Higher education; United Kingdom; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247349942     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910710749305     Document Type: Article

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