False uniqueness: The self-perception of new entrants to higher education in the uk and its implications for access-a pilot study1

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-22

  Thorpe, Andy ^a   Snell, Martin ^a   Hoskins, Sherria ^a   Bryant, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 47949131807     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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