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The role of education, training and skills development in social inclusion: The University of the Heads of the Valley case study

Paul Jones Orcid Logo, Christopher Miller, David Pickernell Orcid Logo, Gary Packham

Education + Training, Volume: 53, Issue: 7, Pages: 638 - 651

Swansea University Authors: Paul Jones Orcid Logo, David Pickernell Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/00400911111172011

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Purpose – The objective of this paper is to examine the initiation of the University of the Heads of the Valley Initiative (UHOVI) project and evaluate the development of its focus, materials and structure. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology employs interviews with a purposive sample of l...

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ISSN: 0040-0912
Published: Emerald Publishing Ltd 2011
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