Reaching students: lessons from a writing centre

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-261

  Hutchings, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84857185503     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360600793002     Document Type: Article

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