Mature Student Mutual Support Thread.

[unleashingtheflyingmonkeys]

Hi all,

I go back to uni in Oct to continue on with my LLB. There are very few mature students on my course and I am the only parent so I would really like some other students to talk to. About anything really, how your course is going, managing workloads, trying to socialise - so I don't feel so alone.

I am trying to prepare for going back, reading more to stretch my brain, getting a jump on some of the work, preparing workspace etc.

If any academics are also around, any studying advice would be really helpful - how you prepare for assignments, tips on how to prepare for exams, how to manage your workload and time more efficiently (something I'm trying to improve upon from last year),

I thought I'd try to start a thread where we could mutually support each other (so I don't feel as isolated as I did last term).

Second year psychology student here with a 1 year old. Finding things hard at the moment. Still grieving my brothers death in October and haven't made any friends on my course or at the uni. So feeling a bit crap about my social life.

Could I ask if any of you became a mature student without meeting the entry requirements of a degree?

I studied for a CertHE but due to a family crisis did not complete the last assignment. I know I can study at degree level, but I only have GCSE's and a CIPD level 3 to show for it.

Lots of degree courses state that they are flexible for mature candidates, but I wonder how flexible?