Did the market force Subject Review?: A case study

Active Learning in Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-86

  Jowett, Adrian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

interview; qualitative research; subject review; teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385503     PISSN: 14697874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469787405046848     Document Type: Article

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