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Mature study and retraining

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Starting university in your 50s
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Mid 40s and looking for a career change - I am so scared. I am lost and don't know what to do.
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Advice on retraining in midwifery in your 30s with young children
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Online management courses for retraining in your forties
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Thesis/Dissertation/Essay summer accountability group!
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Masters Literature Review- database hell
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Has anyone gone back to uni/college as a mature student?
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Routes into SEND teaching
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Oxford DPhil residency requirements
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Anyone else up late and got essay deadlines?
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Language learning apps
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occupational or health psychology - ageism?
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Ed Psych Doctorate as a mature student
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Feeling low and need opinions and advice
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Considering primary teacher training in my mid-forties with a young child
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Retraining in my mid-30s for EYFS teaching, any advice or experience?
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Open university and teaching
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Returning to study in a social science type field - the policing of language
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Retraining as lawyer or OT at 52
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How honest should I be about retraining into my profession?
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Considering a Level 3 childcare apprenticeship in your 30s
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Returning to law at 41: SQE2 study and retraining advice
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Retraining as a midwife at 38 and returning to university
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Retraining as a midwife at 38: advice on mature study?
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60 level 4 credits instead of A levels?
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I have no idea how to study!
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Single parent/student nurse advice/managing financially
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Has anyone retrained as a Barrister at 50?
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Looking for a modern history of Richard III?
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Is anyone studying K102 with the OU
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Am I wasting my time?
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A level chemistry in one year - any experiences?
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What can I train in..
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Possible uni course - what to ask?
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Do you think I've got a chance?
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Please talk to me about CBT training
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Teaching assistant qualifications
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Career paths: Executive coach vs therapist
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Doing a masters at 52??
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OU Mathematics Degree
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Career Transition into office roles
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Am I too old to retrain?
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Centre of excellence
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Not worked in 10 years so need help with my CV
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Any insights into building surveying as a career?
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Best thing to study aged 30 something?
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41, no prospects and no qualifications.
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