Measuring the effect of Aimhigher on schooling attainment and higher education applications and entries

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Chilosi, David ^a   Noble, Margaret ^b   Broadhead, Philip ^c   Wilkinson, Mike ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b University College   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aimhigher; Quantitative analysis; Widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954181712     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098770903477052     Document Type: Article

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