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mature student

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Calocane was a mature student at the University of Nottingham when he became mentally unwell, and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in July 2020.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

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

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023

Ms Lajoie was an experienced music industry executive before she began a degree in human, social and political sciences as a mature student at Cambridge's Hughes Hall in 2021.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2023

What duty has the less mature student in regard to organization?

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

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