Linking research and policy in Scotland

Evidence and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-235

  Jung, Tablas ^a   Nutley, I Sandra ^a   Morton, Sarah ^b   Millar, Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish Funding Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early years framework; Evidence use; Research and policy; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955155126     PISSN: 17442648     EISSN: 17442656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/174426410X502455     Document Type: Article

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