Combining study and employment: A step too far?

Education and Training

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 322-332

  Robotham, David ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Part time workers; Students; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849116897     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910910968337     Document Type: Article

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