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Category: Mature Students at University

Stick your neck out there, by Karl Klakegg

Stick your neck out there, by Karl Klakegg

9th May 2023

Entering university as a mature student can be a scary affair. Will I fit in? Are people going to think I’m weird? Quick answer, yes on both accounts. When I started university, we had four-hundred students on my program. I don’t know about the people reading this, but when I walk into a room filled …

The door is never really closed, by Philip Moynihan

The door is never really closed, by Philip Moynihan

13th January 2023

Walking into the very first lecture of my first year, I remember feeling intensely nervous. Who would I sit next to? What if they ask me a question that I don’t know the answer to? Then I distinctly remember thinking, “For goodness’ sake you’re 26 years old, you are too old to be stressing about …

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