The academic voice in English and Czech higher education quality

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-155

  Mertova, Patricie ^a   Webster, Len ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Czech Republic; England; Higher education; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649090203     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880910951363     Document Type: Article

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