Education for sustainable development and global citizenship: An evaluation of the validity of the STAUNCH auditing tool

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-144

  Glover, Alison ^a   Peters, Carl ^a   Haslett, Simon K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditing; Curricula; Higher education; Sustainable development; Universities; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955669973     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371111118192     Document Type: Article

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