Programme specification in a flexible, multidisciplinary curriculum environment: An Open University perspective

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 203-211

  Dillon, Chris ^a   Hodgkinson, Linda ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Flexibility; Open learning; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172391     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880010356192     Document Type: Article

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