As a mature student, drawing on your life’s experiences can help you to succeed in your academic studies. Nonetheless, if you have been out of education for a few years, you may be faced with particular challenges. There are a range of resources are available on the Student Support and Resources website to help you to maximise your time studying at the University of Bath, but those that may be especially useful for mature students are picked out below:
The Students’ Union offer courses through the SORTED programme. By joining SORTED, you are gain access to over 200 free training sessions per year, designed to improve your employment prospects by giving you transferable skills for studying purposes. Courses are wide-ranging, from critical thinking to interview techniques and Microsoft Office.
The Students’ Union also run the Mature Students’ Group which represents the views of mature students whilst acting as a social forum.
There is a lot of advice and resources to help you study on this website – follow the links on the left hand side of the page. Another useful website that is dedicated to study skills for mature students in particular is the Palgrave Skills4Study page.
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