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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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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

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

Dr Axten, of Wells, Somerset, said he loved his time as a mature student at the University of Bristol between 2016 and 2022.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

Every mature student has found that, under great pressure, he can commit to memory the substance of thought, and even the words, for an astonishing amount of matter.

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

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