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Implementing Key Skills in Further Education: Perceptions and issues

Trevor Bolton Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Polytechnic University, Chelmsford, CM1 1LL E-mail: [email protected]
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Terry Hyland Faculty of Arts, Science and Education, Bolton Institute, Bolton, BL2 1JW
Pages 15-26 | Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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