Postgraduate coursework in Australia: Issues emerging from university and industry collaboration

Higher Education

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-655

  Forsyth, H ^a   Laxton, R ^b   Moran, C ^a   Van Der Werf, J ^c   Banks, R ^d   Taylor, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RL Learning Designs   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d Meat and Livestock Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal genetics; Coursework masters; Distance education; E learning; ELearning; Industry engagement; Mode 2; Postgraduate coursework; Research implementation; Technology transfer; University collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749108356     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-008-9167-8     Document Type: Article

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