Students in transition: Mature women students moving from Foundation Degree to Honours level 6

Research in Post-Compulsory Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 315-327

  Penketh, Claire ^a   Goddard, Gillian ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Foundation degree; Narrative; Transition; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949150797     PISSN: 13596748     EISSN: 17475112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13596740802346522     Document Type: Article

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