Creating a connection: Tackling student attrition through curriculum development

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 367-374

  Taylor, Ruth ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40349086383     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770500353698     Document Type: Article

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