'Please remember we are not all brilliant': Undergraduates' experiences of an elite, research-intensive degree at a research-intensive university

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-420

  Howitt, Susan ^a   Wilson, Anna ^a   Wilson, Kate ^a   Roberts, Pam ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generic skills; Learning outcomes; Research skills; Research led education; Undergraduate research experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953942111     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294361003601883     Document Type: Article

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