League tables do we have to live with them?

Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 33-38

  Brown, Roger ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007856591     PISSN: 13603108     EISSN: 14607018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603100600644506     Document Type: Article

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