Episode 2: Identifying quality

Dr Deborah Harcourt by Dr Deborah Harcourt

Sep 12, 201720:44Education

In this episode I examine three questions around quality: Can quality look like something? Can quality be branded? How easy is it to put on a mask to masquerade as quality?

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