Managing the transition to university for disabled students

Education and Training

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Taylor, Mark ^a   Baskett, Mike ^a   Wren, Chris ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Disabled people; Education; Students; United Kingdom; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952122345     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400911011027743     Document Type: Article

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