Valuing diversity and widening participation: The experiences of access to social work students in further and higher education

Social Work Education

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 485-500

  Jones, Karen ^a  

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

Author keywords

Access; Change; Disadvantage; Emancipation; Equality; Participation; Resilience; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044897710     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470600738866     Document Type: Article

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