Producing ‘industry-ready’ doctorates: Australian cooperative research centre approaches to doctoral education

Studies in Continuing Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-404

  Harman, Kay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 44349133300     PISSN: 0158037X     EISSN: 1470126X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0158037042000265944     Document Type: Article

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