Representations of a high-quality system of undergraduate education in English higher education policy documents

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Representations of a high-quality system of undergraduate education in English higher education policy documents

This article examines the ways in which a high-quality system of undergraduate education is represented in recent policy documents from a range of actors interested in higher education. Drawing on Basil Bernstein's ideas, the authors conceptualise the policy documents as reflecting a struggle o...

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Main Authors:	Ashwin, Paul, Abbas, Andrea, McLean, Monica
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2015
Subjects:	Higher education policy Pedagogic discourse Quality Basil Bernstein Undergraduate education
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32478/

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