'Teaching' or 'support'? the poisoned chalice of the role of students' skills centres

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-286

  Barkas, Linda Anne ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics; Employability; Learning; Skills; Support; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957589847     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2011.558889     Document Type: Article

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