Time, money, leisure and guilt - the gendered challenges of higher education for mature-age students

Australian Journal of Adult Learning

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-116

  Stone, Cathy ^a,b   O'Shea, Sarah ^c  

^a Open Universities Australia (OUA)   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84904719441     PISSN: 14431394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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