Understanding standards-based quality assurance: Part II - nuts and bolts of the “Dearing“ policy framework

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 220-231

  Jackson, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Higher education; Policy; Quality assurance; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170545     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684889810242227     Document Type: Review

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