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

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023

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

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

Yusuf, a mature student eight years in recovery, is the peer manager.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2023

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

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2023

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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