… The initial idea to explore the need for a mature students’ programme ‘was highlighted by
members of the … that mature students, despite their motivation, were not ‘performing’ as well as …

… wide choice of questions that was usually available). It is interesting to note that the mature
students in the first year, but not the youngel students, considered this selective study to be …

… When other students contributed, it was usually to ask questions … the overall good of the
group. As facilitators, we should be made aware by the faculty of the presence of mature students …

… The purpose of this paper is to argue for a transformative education that acknowledges and
values the capacities of mature students, … governmental support; questions have emerged …

… Possibly the proportion of mature students may increase in the years ahead, and one university,
the … In an open-ended question, the students were invited to say how they felt about their …

… students acquire a surface approach to learning in the final years of secondary education; and
that the prior life experience of mature students … the value of the qualification in question to …

… looks at the ‘lived experience’ of being a mature student in a … , the focus is on how the
reality of being a mature student is … The Faculty of Arts requested that the question of failure …

… Brief details of personal and educational background were requested, and questions were
included on why the initial enquiry had not been pursued, what alternative arrangements, if …

… There must be stresses otherwise the question would not have been asked. I seem to have
a very high tolerance threshold, and in any case try to avoid stresses before they arise and …

… academic literature, the work of practitioners, and the rhetoric of policy… The paper concludes
that the term ‘mature student’ has … the utility of early attempts at characterising mature student …