English higher education and its vocational zones

Research in Comparative and International Education

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 493-509

  Parry, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colleges; further education; Higher education; private providers; sectors; universities; vocational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947941419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17454999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745499915612187     Document Type: Article

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