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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

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

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

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

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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