The Paradox of Skills Widening Participation, Academic Literacy & Students’ Skills Centres /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barkas, Linda Anne (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Inclusive Education ; 11
• Subjects: Education.; Literacy.

The objectives underpinning the policies to expand and widen participation have impacted on university provision to help students improve their general literacy and academic writing skills. This book examines how and why Students’ Skills Centres, (SSCs), gained such a hold in the sector, despite the...