Graduateness and Employability: Student perceptions of the personal outcomes of university education

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-306

  Glover, Derek ^a   Sue Law, ^a   Youngman, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85012532636     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740200200132     Document Type: Article

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