Term-time employment and the student experience

Education and Training

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-55

  Greenbank, Paul ^a   Hepworth, Sue ^b   Mercer, John ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Careers; Group work; Skills; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349093743     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910910931823     Document Type: Article

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