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Research Reflections

Securing Inclusion for Disabled Students in Welsh Higher Education

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This chapter reflects on my experience of completing doctoral research: a study which set out to develop a framework towards securing inclusion for disabled students in higher education (Beauchamp-Pryor, 2008; 2013).

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  1. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Simoni Symeonidou

  2. Swansea University, Wales, UK

    Karen Beauchamp-Pryor

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Beauchamp-Pryor, K. (2013). Research Reflections. In: Symeonidou, S., Beauchamp-Pryor, K. (eds) Purpose, Process and Future Direction of Disability Research. Studies in Inclusive Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-422-2_8

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