Academic regulation in UK higher education: Part I - the concept of collaborative regulation

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 120-135

  Jackson, Norman ^a  

^a Higher Education Quality Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Higher education; Regulations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031678     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889710174459     Document Type: Article

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