Making the benchmarks explicit through programme specification

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 190-202

  Jackson, Norman ^a   Parks, Geoff ^b   Harrison, Margaret ^c   Stebbings, Chantal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Higher education; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079087     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880010356174     Document Type: Article

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