Competing inequalities: gender versus race in higher education institutions in the UK

Educational Review

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 153-169

  Bhopal, Kalwant ^a   Henderson, Holly ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

equality inequality; Gender; higher education university; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 85070296976     PISSN: 00131911     EISSN: 14653397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2019.1642305     Document Type: Article

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