New ways of being public: The experience of foundation degrees

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Craig, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employer engagement; Foundation degrees; Higher education; Privatisation; Publicness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951597594     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770802638242     Document Type: Article

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