From romance to rocket science: Speed dating in higher education

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 751-764

  Muurlink, Olav ^a   Matas, Cristina Poyatos ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

academic capital; professional development; research students; speed networking; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858758913     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2010.539597     Document Type: Review

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