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Not quite the ideal student: mature students’ experiences of higher education

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Not quite the ideal student : mature students’ experiences of higher education. / Gregersen, Andrea Fransiska Møller; Nielsen, Katia Bill.

In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2023, p. 76–95 .

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Harvard

Gregersen, AFM & Nielsen, KB 2023, 'Not quite the ideal student: mature students’ experiences of higher education', International Studies in Sociology of Education, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 76–95 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2022.2120525

APA

Gregersen, A. F. M., & Nielsen, K. B. (2023). Not quite the ideal student: mature students’ experiences of higher education. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32(1), 76–95 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2022.2120525

Vancouver

Gregersen AFM, Nielsen KB. Not quite the ideal student: mature students’ experiences of higher education. International Studies in Sociology of Education. 2023;32(1):76–95 . https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2022.2120525

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Gregersen, Andrea Fransiska Møller ; Nielsen, Katia Bill. / Not quite the ideal student : mature students’ experiences of higher education. In: International Studies in Sociology of Education. 2023 ; Vol. 32, No. 1. pp. 76–95 .

Bibtex

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