Review of modular implementation in a University

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-21

  Billing, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84996573683     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1996.tb01687.x     Document Type: Article

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