Quality assurance and the use of subject level reference points in the UK

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-276

  Bellingham, Laura ^a  

^a Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic standards; Professional; Quality assurance; Statutory and regulatory bodies; Subject benchmark statements

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249105217     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538320802507653     Document Type: Article

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