‘Student experience’ surveys: Political, theoretical and empirical dimensions

Researching Higher Education: International perspectives on theory, policy and practice

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 209-226

  Yorke, Mantz ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315675404-12     Document Type: Chapter

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