Researching academies in England

Management in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 3-7

  Gunter, Helen ^a   Woods, Philip ^b   Woods, Glenys ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academies; Policy; Politics; Research; Role of researchers

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149099343     PISSN: 08920206     EISSN: 17419883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0892020608096057     Document Type: Article

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