mature student

British

noun

a student at a college or university who has passed the usual age for formal education

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Williams went to Liverpool University as a mature student and studied engineering, with Hemming describing him as "generally a quiet, perhaps even shy, individual".

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Mature student Joe Vincent, 33, lives at home in Devon with his partner and baby while studying in Plymouth for a masters degree in pharmacy from the University of Bath, over 130 miles away.

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She has words of encouragement for people considering a return to study as a mature student.

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Oshada Jayasundera, 31, a mature student at Nottingham Trent University, was pronounced dead at the scene in Nottingham on Wednesday.

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Kayleigh Atkins is a mature student at the University of Sunderland in her final year studying criminology.

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