Challenges for University Engagement in the UK: Towards a Public Academe?

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-410

  Watermeyer, Richard ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80053915694     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2011.00492.x     Document Type: Article

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