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Penumbra: Doctoral support as drama: From the ‘lightside’ to the ‘darkside’. From front of house to trapdoors and recesses

Gina WiskerCentre for Learning and Teaching, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK;Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa;Education, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK;CHEF, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Gillian RobinsonCentre for Learning and Teaching, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK;Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa;Education, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK;CHEF, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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Søren S. E. BengtsenCentre for Learning and Teaching, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK;Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa;Education, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK;CHEF, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Pages 527-538 | Published online: 30 Aug 2017

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