Don’t call me stupid
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Don’t call me stupid

Ian Peate Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire

Ian Peate describes his rise from boy at the back of the class to Masters student

I recently had to invigilate the 'DC' test for prospective students of nursing and found myself reflecting on how it was for me when I had to sit the ‘E’ test for pupil and student nurse training some 13-and- six-years ago respectively.

Nursing Standard. 9, 2, 48-48. doi: 10.7748/ns.9.2.48.s55

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