Stating the obvious: The European qualifications framework is not a neutral evidence-based policy tool

European Educational Research Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-316

  Cort, Pia ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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EID: 77956078549     PISSN: 14749041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/eerj.2010.9.3.304     Document Type: Article

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