‘Day students’ in higher education: Widening access students and successful transitions to university life

International Studies in Sociology of Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-30

  Christie, Hazel ^a   Munro, Moira ^b   Wager, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85044812887     PISSN: 09620214     EISSN: 17475066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09620210500200129     Document Type: Article

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