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Comparability of postgraduate academic qualifications: Some issues, challenges and experiences

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In the United Kingdom the topic of the comparability of academicqualifications features prominently on the agenda in higher education. The papersummarises the debate and highlights key issues. It offers specific reflections on theexperience of one university as it seeks to address the topic of postgraduate qualifications,disentangle the many strands of a complex and multi-faceted set of questions and furtherstrengthen internal quality processes in order to meet the growing demands by external bodiesand interest groups.

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Gordon, G. Comparability of postgraduate academic qualifications: Some issues, challenges and experiences. Higher Education 40, 377–388 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004111415962

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