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DS - wants to go to uni as a Mature student, but How?

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ciderhouserules · 30/09/2024 14:04

He's 25, got 11 good GCSEs (all A) and BCC at A level - we think he picked the wrong subjects, but hey ho. He didn't want to go to uni at 18, got a job.

He also has a DIP, gained in his job since then.

He's now thinking about going to uni, to do Law. He's concerned that his A levels aren't going to be good enough, even tho he's got 7 years of life experience and a DIP!

How does he go about looking into/applying for uni for next Sept? Where can he find the help he would have got at 18 in college?

OP posts:
ciderhouserules · 24/10/2024 16:21

Thank you @maltravers !

OP posts:
Holidayhappiness · 24/10/2024 16:29

If he’s currently at Lloyds OP, he should talk to the in-house legal team for advice and tell them he wants to join them. I did a law degree but didn’t do post grad study due to illness and ended up as a paralegal at a FTSE 100 insurer. I made a name for myself there and was offered a job in the legal department who then sponsored my post grad training so I could qualify. It was hard work as I worked and studied at the same time but it gave me an amazing grounding and I now head up an in house legal team.
Encourage him to use his contacts - insurance is a small world and if he is already well regarded, he should leverage that hard work.

maltravers · 24/10/2024 16:46

Clyde & Co are specialists in both Marine and Insurance I believe, they might be worth targeting. Anyway, good luck to him.

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