Widening provision in higher education - some non-traditionalparticipants’ experiences

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-119

  Tett, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Adults; Community; Higher education; Participation; Working class

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006240346     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267152990140107     Document Type: Article

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