Whatever happened to peer review? Revitalising the contribution of tutors to course evaluation

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-39

  Bingham, Rosie ^a   Ottewill, Roger ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037672     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880110381319     Document Type: Article

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