International students in the higher education classroom: Initial findings from staff at two post-92 universities in the UK

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-489

  Barron, Paul ^a   Gourlay, Lesley Jane ^b   Gannon Leary, Pat ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impacts; International students; Staff responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959745313     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2010.512076     Document Type: Review

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