'Disadvantaged learners': Who are we targeting? Understanding the targeting of widening participation activity in the United Kingdom using geo-demographic data from southwest England

Higher Education Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-88

  Harrison, Neil ^a   Hatt, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73949097563     PISSN: 09515224     EISSN: 14682273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2009.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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