Mature working-class students in an ‘elite’ university: Discourses of risk, choice and exclusion

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 252-264

  Tett, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

choice; exclusion; higher education; mature students; working class students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749629170     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2004.11661500     Document Type: Article

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