Working-class women on an Access course: Risk, opportunity and (re)constructing identities

Gender and Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-113

  Brine, Jacky ^a   Waller, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1842737024     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954025032000170363     Document Type: Article

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