Students and the governance of higher education: A UK perspective

Tertiary Education and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-260

  Rodgers, Timothy ^a   Freeman, Rebecca ^b   Williams, James ^b   Kane, David ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback students to staf; Governance; Organization structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052289464     PISSN: 13583883     EISSN: 15731936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13583883.2011.586046     Document Type: Article

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