The Competence Movement and the National Vocational Qualification Framework: The Widening Parameters of Research

British Journal of Education & Work

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 5-13

  Bates, Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 59549106830     PISSN: 02690004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269000950080201     Document Type: Article

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