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- ↑ How to ... Spread the word on best practice Times Higher Education Supplement, 13 October 2000, retrieved 1 August 2013
- ↑ Academics express 'profound consternation' at support-centre closures Times Higher Education Supplement, 25 November 2010, retrieved 1 August 2013
- ↑ Subject Centres, Learning and Teaching Support Network ltsn.ac.uk archive
