National vocational qualifications, skills training and employers' needs: Beyond beaumont and dearing

Journal of Vocational Education and Training

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-365

  Hyland, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986164819     PISSN: 13636820     EISSN: 17475090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1363682960480403     Document Type: Article

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