The PhD examination: Support and training for supervisors and examiners

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-99

  Cryer, Pat ^a   Mertens, Peter ^b  

^a Development of Graduate Education   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Research; Supervision; Testing; Training; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849111363     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880310471515     Document Type: Article

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