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Technical education in Great Britain

Second thoughts on the Robbins report

Das Technische Bildungswesen in Grossbritannien

Gedanken im Anschluß an den Robbins Bericht

Formation technique en Grande-Bretagne

Réexamen du Rapport de Robbins

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Venables, P. Technical education in Great Britain. Int Rev Educ 11, 151–164 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01419898

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