Hit by a perfect storm? Art & Design in the National Student Survey

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1788-1810

  Yorke, Mantz ^a   Orr, Susan ^b   Blair, Bernadette ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Art Design; National Student Survey; qualitative data; quantitative analysis; subject comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909647457     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: 1470174X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2013.806465     Document Type: Article

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