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‘It was nothing to do with the university, it was just the people’: the role of social support in the first‐year experience of higher education

Paula Wilcox University of Brighton, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sandra Winn University of Brighton, UK
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Marylynn Fyvie‐Gauld University of Brighton, UK
Pages 707-722 | Published online: 15 Aug 2006

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