Transformative learning through university and prison partnership: an evaluation of the Middlesex University and HMP Wandsworth Prison module

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Ward, J., Gray, N. and Cracknell, M. 2017. Transformative learning through university and prison partnership: an evaluation of the Middlesex University and HMP Wandsworth Prison module. London Middlesex University.
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TitleTransformative learning through university and prison partnership: an evaluation of the Middlesex University and HMP Wandsworth Prison module
AuthorsWard, J., Gray, N. and Cracknell, M.
PublisherMiddlesex University
Place of publicationLondon
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Accepted08 Sep 2017
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