Discourses of widening participation in the prospectus documents and websites of six English higher education institutions

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-93

  Graham, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

discourse analysis; higher education; widening participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871248551     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2012.692048     Document Type: Article

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