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Moving from conceptual ambiguity to operational clarity: employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship in higher education

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Moving from conceptual ambiguity to operational clarity: employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship in higher education. / Sewell, Peter; Dacre Pool, Lorraine.
In: Education and Training, Vol. 52, No. 1, 2010, p. 89-94.

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Sewell, P & Dacre Pool, L 2010, 'Moving from conceptual ambiguity to operational clarity: employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship in higher education', Education and Training, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 89-94. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911011017708

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Sewell, P., & Dacre Pool, L. (2010). Moving from conceptual ambiguity to operational clarity: employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship in higher education. Education and Training, 52(1), 89-94. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911011017708

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Sewell P, Dacre Pool L. Moving from conceptual ambiguity to operational clarity: employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship in higher education. Education and Training. 2010;52(1):89-94. doi: 10.1108/00400911011017708

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Sewell, Peter ; Dacre Pool, Lorraine. / Moving from conceptual ambiguity to operational clarity : employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship in higher education. In: Education and Training. 2010 ; Vol. 52, No. 1. pp. 89-94.

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