Figuratively speaking: Six accounts of the PhD viva

Quality Assurance in Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 100-108

  Wallace, Sue ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic staff; Metaphors; Qualifications; Research; Social responsibility; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986178173     PISSN: 09684883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09684880310471524     Document Type: Article

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