The move to mass higher education in the UK: Many questions and some answers

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-82

  Mayhew, Ken ^a,b   Deer, Cécile ^a,b   Dua, Mehak ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Pembroke College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842663166     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305498042000190069     Document Type: Review

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