Australian postgraduate research students still prefer to 'stay at home': Reasons and implications

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 351-362

  Kiley, Margaret ^a   Austin, Andy ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctorate; Mobility; PhD; Research education scholarships

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349104939     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600800802383026     Document Type: Article

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