'Fitting in' or 'standing out': Workingclass students in UK higher education

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-124

  Reay, Diane ^a   Crozier, Gill ^b   Clayton, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74249103835     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: 14693518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920902878925     Document Type: Article

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