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Trends in honours degree classifications, 1994-95 to 2006-07, for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Trends in honours degree classifications, 1994-95 to 2006-07, for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. / Yorke, Mantz.
York: The Higher Education Academy, 2009. 37 p.

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