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mature student

British

noun

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

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Adam Dunas, a mature student at Durham University, started his university course in 2023, after working in IT and pursuing professional gaming.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

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

From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2023

Luke Trainor, the programme manager, was a mature student at the university when Better Than Well began.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2023

“I’m a mature student in a hurry,” she told him.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

Both the child and the more mature student will ordinarily go only so far in preparation as is necessary in order to meet the demands made upon them in class.

From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by Frank M. (Frank Morton) McMurry

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