Changes in the political and policy response towards disabled students in the British higher education system: a journey towards inclusion

Karen Beauchamp-Pryor

doi:10.1080/15017419.2011.574840

Changes in the political and policy response towards disabled students in the British higher education system: a journey towards inclusion

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 14 (2012): Issue 3

By: Karen Beauchamp-Pryor

Open Access

|Aug 2012

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