‘Higher than einstein’: Constructions of going to university among working-class non-participants

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-91

  Hutchings, Merryn ^a   Archer, Louise ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Higher education; Widening participation; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002204873     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671520010011879     Document Type: Article

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