The trials of being a PhD external examiner

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-133

  Grabbe, Lester L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Improvement; Process planning; Professional qualifications; Research methods; Students; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986105103     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880310471560     Document Type: Article

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