Making Haste slowly: The evolution of a unified qualifications framework in Scotland

European Journal of Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 485-502

  Raffe, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36649033640     PISSN: 01418211     EISSN: 14653435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2007.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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