Undergraduate work experience: An alternative approach using micro businesses

Education + Training

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 261-270

  Greenbank, Paul ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Learning; Mentoring; Networks; Work experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146399     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910210441392     Document Type: Article

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