Equal opportunity initiatives: England, Wales and the Netherlands compared

Gender Issues in International Education: Beyond Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 49-70

  Wilson, Maggie ^a   Dekkers, Hetty ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315052304-10     Document Type: Chapter

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