Towards a typology of debt attitudes among contemporary young UK undergraduates

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 85-107

  Harrison, Neil ^a   Chudry, Farooq ^a   Waller, Richard ^a   Hatt, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

higher education; social class; student debt; student experience; student finance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911958317     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2013.778966     Document Type: Article

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