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Mature students

November 2022

  • Larry Rudling in Orkney

    Other lives
    Larry Rudling obituary

    Other lives: Teacher and tutor with a passion for adult education
  • Torrington Square, Birkbeck College and Senate House London University 2008.

    How Birkbeck broke down barriers to education

    Letters: Alan Davidge describes how the college gave him the ticket to a career in further education, while Stephen Baron remembers teaching in its extra-mural department
  • Birkbeck, University of London

    Birkbeck’s courses have been life-changing for many

    Letter: Greg Neale celebrates the college’s unique role in offering higher education opportunities for all

October 2022

  • American Express Presents BST Hyde Park: Adele<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 01: Adele performs on stage as American Express present BST Hyde Park in Hyde Park on July 01, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Adele)

    Adele the academic? Why mature students are top of the swots

    The pop singer has announced plans to take a mid-career break and study English literature. As I found out, there’s no better time to do it

June 2022

  • Young metalwork apprentice.

    Adult education and apprenticeships budget will be 25% down since 2010

    IFS says cuts and inflation far outweigh £900m promised new spending, undermining levelling up ambitions

April 2021

  • Shade Ajayi at Ilorin Grammar School

    The Nigerian woman starting school at 50 – in pictures

    It’s never too late to learn, says 50-year-old Shade Ajayi, who attends Ilorin grammar school in Kwara state, Nigeria

February 2021

  • Penny Grimsditch at Fox’s biscuit factory in Batley

    UK ministers accused of 'settling scores' by axing union adult learning fund

    Employers and councils back last-ditch TUC drive to rescue scheme that has helped a generation of workers fulfil their dreams

January 2021

  • The education secretary, Gavin Williamson, in the Commons

    Treasury expected to balk at further education loan plans

  • Patricia Norman

    Other lives
    Patricia Norman obituary

December 2020

  • Michael Richardson

    Other lives
    Michael Richardson obituary

    Other lives: Pioneer in the field of continuing education who was highly regarded by the wider academic community

August 2020

  • Elaine Gregersen with her husband, Mark, and their son, Blake.

    Lockdown living
    The lockdown life-changers: six people on their 2020 transformations – from giving up gambling to getting fit

    This year’s isolation has been painful, but in some cases it has also provided a valuable chance to pause, reflect and take decisions that seemed unthinkable before. Here, six readers describe how lockdown inspired them to turn their lives around

June 2020

  • University graduate and parent/guardian

    If more students choose home over halls, it's time to celebrate

    Steven Jones
    UK universities’ fears that stay-at-home students miss out reflect an outdated assumption: that they’re white and well-off
  • The number of first year undergraduate students aged 21 and over looks set to be rising.

    Back to class
    Back to class: how to study from home as a mature student

    Whether you’ve been furloughed and want to retrain or just fancy studying a new interest, the experts discuss your options
  • Mature students say the pandemic has made them reassess their priorities and ambitions.

    Back to class
    'Lockdown has a lot to answer for': the mature students going back to university

    Far from being a deterrent, coronavirus is inspiring those who thought they’d left education behind to start studying again

February 2020

  • Students in Manchester

    Two in five 18-year-olds in UK apply to study at university this year

    Ucas figures also reveal record numbers of students from China and India

January 2020

  • It can be difficult for mature law students to juggle their academic work with other responsibilities.

    'I question if I'm doing the right thing': how to cope at law school later in life

    Tackling a law degree as a mature student is daunting, but strong work ethic and life experience can provide an edge

December 2019

  • A radiographer observes a patient

    Next NHS staff shortages will include radiographers, as courses close

    Podiatry, prosthetics and mental health nursing degrees also on universities’ ‘at risk’ list after end of bursaries

November 2019

  • Tim Blackman at OU

    Open University ‘at the heart of switch to a green UK economy’

  • Laura McInerney

    Here’s an election idea: why not let anyone sit Oxbridge finals?

    Laura McInerney

October 2019

  • A caseworker teaches Rochdale residents about gardening, part of the Citizens’ Curriculum.

    How the people of Rochdale launched their own fightback against sexual abuse and poverty

    The town has found a way to heal itself by turning adult education upside down
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