Older students studying
What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word education? Is it children at a school? Perhaps it is teenagers at college, or possibly young adults, no older than their mid twenties, studying hard at university?
What would you say if I said you could further your education at any age? Would you laugh and think I am joking, or would you stop to consider your possibilities?
Once upon a time education was, indeed, only for the young, and anything you learnt after that was through life experiences and training sessions in the workplace. Nowadays anyone, at any age can learn, and you are simply known as a mature student, studying in adult education, if you choose to walk this path of life after the usual ages of being in education.
There are so many opportunities for mature students. A college is not just for teenagers, many will offer courses for adults to partake in. Colleges often teach A-Levels and vocational courses during the day, and will often run courses in the evening for mature students in order to allow them to still work whilst learning.
Quite often you will see young people applying to go to university after completing their chosen college course, and universities like to use a points based system for selecting their candidates, where the points are based on the marks you got at college, so many adults looking for a place to study can get put off by this idea. Don’t be! Mature students are still chosen on a points based system, however the universities don’t worry about what marks you got in the past, they look at what you have achieved in the workplace and you personal statement that gets sent off with your application.
A university holds so many different courses and it doesn’t matter what age you are, a course can have students ranging from 18/19 years of age all the way through to 50 years of age, or older.
However if you are seeking to study, and do not want to go on a course where you may feel isolated by your age, there are still more options. There are plenty of opportunities to study from home within your own time. These are often run by companies such as the open university or ics learning. You will have to pay for your course, just as you would if you went to a college or university, and all the equipment for your education will be provided to you, and this will allow you to work in your own time, in the comfort of your own home.
Check out onlinecollegedegrees.net to find the latest information of the different programs offered in online schools.
