From policy to practice: Pupils' responses to widening participation initiatives

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-283

  Baxter, Arthur ^a   Tate, Jim ^a   Hatt, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51249152425     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2007.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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