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- ↑ ILT Routes to Membership
- ↑ Helen Beebee (2003) Times Higher Education 28 March 2003
- 1 2 Sally Brown (1999) Active Learning 10 pp 67–8 "Introducing the Institute for Learning and Teaching" ISSN 1357-1125
- ↑ Teaching and Learning Research Programme, University of London Archived 2015-02-26 at the Wayback Machine Effective learning and teaching in UK higher education ISBN 978-0-85473-890-8
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