‘I Am Not a Rubber Stamp’: My Experience as a Non-UK RAE Adviser

Journal of Social Work

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-185

  Gambrill, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

critical appraisal; Research Assessment Exercise (RAE); research governance; research quality; social work research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992897600     PISSN: 14680173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146801730200200204     Document Type: Article

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