Differentiation and social segregation of UK higher education, 1996-2010

Oxford Review of Education

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-192

  Croxford, Linda ^a   Raffe, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethnicity; higher education; segregation; social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877006669     PISSN: 03054985     EISSN: 14653915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03054985.2013.784193     Document Type: Article

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