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‘Swallow your pride and fear’: the educational strategies of high-achieving non-traditional university students

Billy WongInstitute of Education, University of Reading, Reading, UK; Correspondence[email protected]
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Yuan-Li Tiffany ChiuCentre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship, Imperial College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1520-5637
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Pages 868-882 | Received 30 Jun 2018, Accepted 03 Apr 2019, Published online: 13 May 2019

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