'The balancing act'-Irish part-time undergraduate students in higher education

Irish Educational Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-83

  Darmody, Merike ^a   Fleming, Bairbre ^b  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Higher education; Part time; Profile; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449637494     PISSN: 03323315     EISSN: 17474965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03323310802597333     Document Type: Article

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