Understanding standards-based quality assurance: Part I - rationale and conceptual basis

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 132-140

  Jackson, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Higher education; Policy; Quality assurance; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018661     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889810224911     Document Type: Article

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