School to university: Sunlit steps, or stumbling in the dark?

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 90-98

  Smith, Keverne ^a  

^a Faculty of Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Liaison; Non completion; Time management; Transition; Underachievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644435795     PISSN: 14740222     EISSN: 1741265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474022203002001008     Document Type: Article

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