'To develop research skills': Honours programmes for the changing research agenda in Australian universities

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-25

  Kiley, Margaret ^a   Moyes, Thea ^b   Clayton, Peter ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Research training

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849129825     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703290802646164     Document Type: Article

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