Quality assurance in higher education: The UK experience since 1992

Quality Assurance in Higher Education: The UK Experience Since 1992

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-201

  Brown, Roger ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203416327     Document Type: Book

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