'We tend to stick together and mostly we stick to our own kind': British Indian women and support networks at university

Gender and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 519-534

  Bhopal, Kalwant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities; Higher education; Indian women; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052072888     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540253.2010.512271     Document Type: Article

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