Career pathways of science, engineering and technology research postgraduates

Australian Journal of Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-86

  Giles, Marnie ^a   Ski, Chantal ^a   Vrdoljak, Davorin ^a  

^a Chantal Ski is Research Manager and Davorin   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career pathways; Engineering; Postgraduate; Research; Science; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349119835     PISSN: 00049441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000494410905300106     Document Type: Article

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