Reconnecting the research-policy-practice nexus in higher education: 'Evidence-based policy' in practice in national and international contexts

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-140

  Locke, William ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 66549112118     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2008.3     Document Type: Article

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