Fitness for purpose? National and institutional approaches to publicising the student voice

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-172

  Williams, James ^a   Cappuccini Ansfield, Gill ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback; NSS; Satisfaction; Students; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748965910     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320701629186     Document Type: Article

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