Recent trends in quality assurance

Quality in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-61

  Amaral, Alberto ^a,b   Rosa, Maria João ^a,c  

^a Fundacao das Universidades Portuguesas   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Bologna; Enhancement; European Standards and Guidelines; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951618459     PISSN: 13538322     EISSN: 14701081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13538321003679515     Document Type: Article

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