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I am more than a piece of paper. Listening to young people as they reflect on their lived experience of being in care and attending school.

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I am more than a piece of paper. Listening to young people as they reflect on their lived experience of being in care and attending school. / Rathmell, Miranda.
Lancaster University, 2023. 246 p.

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

Harvard

Rathmell, M 2023, 'I am more than a piece of paper. Listening to young people as they reflect on their lived experience of being in care and attending school.', PhD, Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/2181

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Rathmell, M. (2023). I am more than a piece of paper. Listening to young people as they reflect on their lived experience of being in care and attending school. [Doctoral Thesis, Lancaster University]. Lancaster University. https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/2181

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Rathmell M. I am more than a piece of paper. Listening to young people as they reflect on their lived experience of being in care and attending school.. Lancaster University, 2023. 246 p. doi: 10.17635/lancaster/thesis/2181

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Rathmell, Miranda. / I am more than a piece of paper. Listening to young people as they reflect on their lived experience of being in care and attending school.. Lancaster University, 2023. 246 p.

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