Certificate of Achievement
Mary Templeman Hogg - O'Rourke
has completed the following course:
Returning to Education as a Mature Student
This course considered the perceived barriers that mature learners face and potential solutions to those barriers. It outlined the skills needed to develop as a mature student, the support systems that are available and the guidance one can expect when considering an application to higher education.
2 weeks, 4 hours per week
Iain Barr
Head of Lifelong Learning,
University of York
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Engage with other mature learners
- Develop a timeline of the history of mature learners
- Evaluate their own barriers to returning to education including, those related to a sense of belonging to an education setting
- Design an action plan to prepare for the skills and support networks learners will need in advance of, and during, their course
- Apply the skills learned to begin making a UCAS application
Syllabus
- Who are mature learners? The history of mature learners
- What is involved in making the decision to return to education – breaking down perceived barriers
- A sense of belonging – the range of support systems available to mature learners such as finance, child care, mature learning networks, academic skills development
- What a mature learner may need to succeed in the learning environment – digital and academic writing skills; finance support; child care support; making a successful UCAS application
Issued on 23rd July 2019
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