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‘It’s everything else you do…’: alumni views on extracurricular activities and employability

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‘It’s everything else you do…’: alumni views on extracurricular activities and employability. / Clark, Gordon; Marsden, Rebecca; Whyatt, Duncan et al.
In: Active Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2015, p. 133-147.

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Clark G, Marsden R, Whyatt D, Thompson L, Walker M. ‘It’s everything else you do…’: alumni views on extracurricular activities and employability. Active Learning in Higher Education. 2015;16(2):133-147. Epub 2015 Mar 25. doi: 10.1177/1469787415574050

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