Reeking hypocrisy? New labour and widening participation in higher education

Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Brown, Roger ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007838304     PISSN: 13603108     EISSN: 14607018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13603100701613921     Document Type: Article

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