Enhancing the doctoral experience at the local level

Changing Practices of Doctoral Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 71-86

  Leonard, Diana ^a   Becker, Rosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The Observatory of Borderless Higher Education (OBHE)   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85145511085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203870488-13     Document Type: Chapter

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