What makes students satisfied? A discussion and analysis of the UK’s national student survey

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1118-1142

  Bell, Adrian R ^a   Brooks, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National Student Survey; student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85025823059     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2017.1349886     Document Type: Article

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