Facilitating University Education: A View From the North

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Facilitating University Education: A View From the North. / Wiewiura, Joachim Schmidt.

In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2016, p. 223-230.

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Wiewiura, JS 2016, 'Facilitating University Education: A View From the North', Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474022216634700

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Wiewiura, J. S. (2016). Facilitating University Education: A View From the North. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education, 15(2), 223-230. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474022216634700

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Wiewiura JS. Facilitating University Education: A View From the North. Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. 2016;15(2):223-230. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474022216634700

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Wiewiura, Joachim Schmidt. / Facilitating University Education: A View From the North. In: Arts and Humanities in Higher Education. 2016 ; Vol. 15, No. 2. pp. 223-230.

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