Learning from experience: Developing a research strategy for social work in the UK

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 936-952

  Bywaters, Paul ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Higher education; Research; Social work; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749087540     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm070     Document Type: Review

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