The British higher education funding debate: The perils of 'talking economics'

London Review of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-331

  Dodds, Anneliese ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competition; higher education; marketisation; political economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859258846     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460.2011.616324     Document Type: Article

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