Learners in the english learning and skills sector: The implications of half-right policy assumptions

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-330

  Hodgson, Ann ^a   Steer, Richard ^a   Spours, Ken ^a   Edward, Sheila ^a   Coffield, Frank ^a   Finlay, Ian ^b   Gregson, Maggie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250311319     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054980701324677     Document Type: Article

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