Predicting or guessing: The progress of scottish wider access programme (SWAP) students at the university of Glasgow

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 342-356

  Walker, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547214329     PISSN: 02601370     EISSN: 1464519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02601370050110392     Document Type: Article

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