Improving what is learned at university: An exploration of the social and organisational diversity of university education

Improving What is Learned at University: An Exploration of the Social and Organisational Diversity of University Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-241

  Brennan, John ^a   Edmunds, Robert ^b   Houston, Muir ^c   Jary, David ^a   Lebeau, Yann ^d   Osborne, Michael ^c   Richardson, John T E ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203863237     Document Type: Book

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