Sinking in the sand? academic work in an offshore campus of an Australian university

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-479

  Smith, Lois ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY DUBAI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Academic work; Offshore campus; Transnational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249105325     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360903154118     Document Type: Article

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