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14 October 2022
Holly is just starting out as a student on our BA (Hons) Writing and English Literature degree at the age of 55, having previously completed the foundation year. Here she describes some of her experiences of being a mature student, as well as her inspirations and influences for taking the course. Read more…
10 April 2024
Deciding to go back into further education as a mature student is not an easy decision. When I was faced with making this choice, I had to weigh up all my options carefully. Here's how I did it. Read more…
25 May 2023
Starting university and wondering about the best things to take with you for lectures and day-to-day student life? Computer science student Eden shares five must-haves (and nice-to-haves). Read more…
25 May 2023
Eden studies computer science at ARU Peterborough. As a mature student, Eden applied through Clearing - here's how the process worked. Read more…
4 May 2023
One of my biggest worries before I started the ODP course was about what books I should be buying! On my first day lectures advised not to spend too much money on books as the ARU library is amazing and almost all books are available online. They were right, the ARU library is fantastic… Read more…
24 January 2023
As a mature student, making the decision to change career felt like a really big one! I knew I wanted to work in healthcare, but I was so unsure what path I wanted to take. Until one day, whilst looking at career options on the NHS website I stumbled across Operating Department Practitioner. Read more…
28 November 2019
Primary Education Studies Katrina discusses how she manages her time on a two-year accelerated degree course. Read more…
1 November 2019
Mature student Katrina discusses how she came to study Primary Education Studies at ARU, how how she's finding the course so far. Read more…
30 November 2016
Child Nursing student Sarah blogs about her reasons for returning to study - and preparing for a new career - now that her children are growing up. Read more…
10 December 2014
Or ‘Grumpy old man hopes that bright young things will change his outlook’, which is what I was going to call this piece but then I realised a good title needs more tabloid credentials, something short and not very sweet (‘Freddie Starr ate my hamster’, anyone?)… Read more…
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