Removing the barriers? A study of the conditions affecting teaching innovationFootnote1

1. The name of the institution, members of staff and students involved in this study have been disguised throughout this paper in order to protect their identity in accordance with the British Educational Research Association's Revised Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research Citation2004.

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