Honouring the incomparable: Honours in Australian universities

Higher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 619-633

  Kiley, Margaret ^a,b   Boud, David ^c   Manathunga, Catherine ^d   Cantwell, Robert ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum planning; Learning outcomes; Research education; Research skills; Student experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052023494     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9409-z     Document Type: Article

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