Engaging business in curriculum design and delivery: a higher education institution perspective

Higher Education

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-53

  Plewa, Carolin ^a   Galán Muros, Victoria ^b   Davey, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MÜNSTER UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Curriculum design; Curriculum development; Europe; Instruments; University business cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931287797     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-014-9822-1     Document Type: Article

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