Entry to employment: Discourses of inclusion and employability in work-based learning for young people

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-151

  Simmons, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E2E; Employability; Inclusion; Work based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449597728     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080902854060     Document Type: Article

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