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Mature study and retraining

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Grief counselling course
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CELTA or TEFL?
12
Career change at 55: procurement and CIPS
5
Need some advice - 49 and I'm probably past it!
32
Has anyone done an online PGCE (without QTS)? What did you learn and how was the workload?
22
Modern study skills & methods
12
Feel trapped in my current job
2
Bookkeeping
7
Pre Registration MSc - anyone applied/been accepted?
2
SQE
7
Training to be Ed Psych with young or old kids
3
PhD Part Time? Doable while working 28hr week?
11
Anyone gone to cooking school/retrained for the food industry?
5
Retrain for a part time career
3
Retraining for Podiatry course after 50s
8
ACCA PER Audit
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Degree with 4 kids??
1
Teacher training in my 50s- Teach First teacher training programme - or assessment only route?
20
Msat exam for adult nursing
2
Retraining as a mediator
7
Frustrating experience as a mature applicant
36
Language learning apps
12
Masters in Public Health? Epidemiology?
7
Help with finding career path?
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I feel like such an idiot
10
Social media management
2
Retraining as a single parent
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Studying as a mature student has really negatively impacted me
19
help figuring out the next step after redundancy - am struggling a bit
20
To retrain as a vet nurse in my 40s
1
Has anyone got a social science degree???
7
Learning basic Norwegian
10
Speech and Language Therapy Bsc
1
Paramedic- retraining
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OU language courses
3
OU geog/environmental science BSc
0
New career
1
Librarian Chartership verses BA or Masters Degree
12
Anyone doing an mba ? Need support
0
I want a better paid job in my 50s.
6
IPA support thread!
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Has anyone used the National careers service for careers advice?
9
Scholarships has anyone managed to receive one as a mature student?
4
Self learning Psychology
6
How to start getting an education - help!
4
Training to be an ELSA
4
Thesis Proposal
29
MSc Speech and Language Therapy - how intensive is intensive?
8
How long to write a 3000 word essay?
8
Any careers advisors? Please help, I need a new career
3