Twenty-first century vocational education in the United Kingdom: What would dickens think?

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-200

  Unwin, Lorna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84975178329     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681360400200195     Document Type: Article

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