The aspiration and access to higher education of teenage refugees in the UK

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Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 671-687

  Stevenson, Jacqueline ^a   Willott, John ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to UK higher education; Aspiration; Asylum seekers; Educational achievement; Refugees; Widening participation

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EID: 35648971594     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920701582624     Document Type: Article

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