Returning to Education as a Mature Student, Certificate | Part time online | FutureLearn | United Kingdom
14 days
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About

Thinking of returning to education as a mature student? Make sense of higher education and reflect on your next steps. The Returning to Education as a Mature Student course is offered by the University of York by FutureLearn.

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Overview

What is a mature student? What life and work experience can mature learners bring to the learning environment? Answer these questions and more with this course. The Returning to Education as a Mature Student course is offered by the University of York by FutureLearn .

You will consider the perceived barriers that mature learners face and potential solutions to those barriers. You will learn about the skills you need to develop as a mature student, the support systems you can gain access to, and the guidance that is available to you in making an application to a course of interest.

Learning on this course

You can take this self-guided course and learn at your own pace. On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • 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

Programme Structure

Syllabus

  • Are you mature?

  • So, education might be for me... what next?

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 14 days
    • 4 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • This course is for mature students who have been out of the education system for a significant period of time who are considering their future educational and career options with a view to doing a university course.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    89 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 89 USD for the full programme during 14 days.
  • National

    89 USD/full
    Tuition Fee
    Based on the tuition of 89 USD for the full programme during 14 days.

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