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Donald C. Pennington is a British psychologist and was pro-vice-chancellor of Coventry University. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is the author of a number of psychology textbooks. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Lynch, Lucy (2009-08-09). "Student satisfied with Coventry and Warwick universities". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  2. ↑ Davies, Rob (2006-09-10). "University catches 237 student cheats who trawl the internet". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  3. ↑ Live, Coventry (2009-02-12). "Bomb alert in city centre". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  4. ↑ "About Us". GBS. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Books by Donald Pennington (Author of Aqa (B) Psychology For As)". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2018-09-02.


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