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Direct linkDowns, Colleen Thelma – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
A life sciences undergraduate apprenticeship initiative was run during the vacations at a South African university. In particular, the initiative aimed to increase the number of students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Annually 12-18 undergraduate biology students were apprenticed to various institutions during the January and July vacations from…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Vacation Programs, Biological Sciences, Entomology
