A risky business? Mature working-class women students and access to higher education

Gender and Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 301-317

  Reay, Diane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041728658     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250303860     Document Type: Review

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