Personal transferable skills in higher education: The problems of implementing good practice

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-27

  Drummond, Ian ^a   Nixon, Iain ^b   Wiltshire, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Higher education; Learning; Skills; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135388     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889810200359     Document Type: Article

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