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'Stop Making Sense': Chaos and coherence in the formulation of the Irish qualifications framework

Gary Granville National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
Pages 259-270 | Published online: 03 Aug 2010

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