Hanging on a little thin line: Barriers to progression and retention in social work education

Social Work Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-379

  Moriarty, Jo ^a   Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Chauhan, Bharat ^b   Jones, Gwynne ^b   Wenman, Helen ^b   Hussein, Shereen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b General Social Care Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Interviews; Social work; Student progression; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449644708     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470802109890     Document Type: Article

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