Book chapter 2015

Promoting employability and jobs skills via the political science curriculum

Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations
Journal · pp. 144-154
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13. Promoting employability and jobs skills via the political science curriculum Simon Lightfoot The most frustrating question a student in the UK can be asked when they tell people they are studying political science at any level of study is, ‘W…. © John Ishiyama, William J. Miller and Eszter Simon 2015.

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University of Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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