An overview of research on student support: Helping students to achieve or achieving institutional targets? Nurture or de-nature?

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 683-695

  Smith, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35348971456     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562510701596240     Document Type: Review

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