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JGHE Symposium: Creating global students: opportunities, challenges and experiences of internationalizing the Geography curriculum in Higher Education

Teaching and learning on a transnational education programme: opportunities and challenges for flying faculty in Geography and related disciplines

Pages 521-531 | Received 02 May 2016, Accepted 02 Jan 2017, Published online: 13 Jun 2017

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