Learning and growing in a 'foreign' context: Intercultural experiences of international students

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Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-23

  Gu, Qing ^a   Schweisfurth, Michele ^b   Day, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intercultural experience; International students; University internationalisation

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EID: 72649101097     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920903115983     Document Type: Article

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