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This article introduces a Students’ Quality Circle in higher education, in the context of current debates. With increasing numbers of students entering the university and constrained financial resources in the sector, new approaches are needed, with new partnership between lecturers and students. The first Students’ Quality Circle at Kingston is located in a wider international context.
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Nahai, R., Österberg, S. Higher education in a state of crisis: a perspective from a Students’ Quality Circle. AI & Soc 27, 387–398 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-012-0383-5
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