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Aligning Motivation, Expectations and Pedagogy: A Behavioural Science Framework for Widening Access Mature Students (WAMSs) in Higher Education [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences
Widening participation has expanded access to higher education, yet disparities in retention and completion among mature students persist, indicating limits in existing structural and engagement-based explanations.
Nazim Uddin
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“You’re a Mature Student and You’re a Tiny, Tiny Little Fish in a Big Massive Pond of Students”: A Thematic Analysis Investigating the Institutional Support Needs of Partnered Mature Students in Postsecondary Study

Education Sciences, 2023
Mature students in postsecondary education—those over 25 years of age, also known as nontraditional students or adult learners—make up a significant minority population on Canadian postsecondary campuses.
Tricia van Rhijn, Caitlyn Osborne, Deborah Gores, Amiah Keresturi, Ruth Neustifter, Amy Muise, Victoria Fritz   +6 more
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Mature Students’ Experience: A Community of Inquiry Study during a COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Damien Homer
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How a learning skills course addressed transition, diversity and inclusion, and a sense of belonging for mature students seeking entrance to university: reflections of a Canadian learning specialist

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2023
Universities across Canada offer bridging programmes for mature students who would not otherwise have access to post-secondary education. The College of Arts at the University of Guelph developed their Academic Transition Program to support these ...
Heather Grierson
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Improving the reading proficiency of mature students through a task-based language teaching approach

Reading & Writing, 2023
Background: Mature age admission at universities is increasing rapidly all over the world and Ghanaian universities, both private and public, are no exception. The language proficiency of the admitted mature students, especially in reading, is often low,
Susana Adjei-Mensah, Naomi Y. Boakye, Andries Masenge   +2 more
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Mature Students Speak Up: Career Exploration and the Working Alliance

Qualitative Research in Education, 2015
This exploratory study was undertaken to learn more about how mature students perceive the career counselling process in a post-secondary institution. Through the use of critical incident technique this study examined how three mature students interpret ...
Terilyn Pott
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Mature Students Matter: The Impact of the Research Development Fellowship in Accessing Art and Design Education

Education Sciences, 2020
In the United Kingdom, the number of mature students studying in higher education is diminishing. This is also the case within the subject of art and design.
Samantha Broadhead
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Let's get visible: evidence-based interventions aimed at supporting, empowering and celebrating student-parents in higher education.

Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2023
This paper analyses the findings of a two-stage small-scale research project investigating the needs of undergraduate students with dependent children (‘student-parents’) studying in a post-1992 university.
Andrea Todd
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Transition Experiences of Mature Students at Ontario Colleges

Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2023
Drawing on 24 semi-structured interviews, this small-scale qualitative study delves into mature students’ social, academic, and career preparation experiences pursuing college education.
Hayfa F. Jafar
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A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss? The Case of Mature Students in Higher Education and Their Plurilingual Repertoires

Education Sciences, 2019
This study diagnoses how the plurilingual repertoires of mature students (MS) in higher education (HE) are constructed throughout their lives. It addresses the main characteristics of MS; the contexts in which they move throughout their lives, and the ...
Susana Ambrósio, Maria Helena Araújo e Sá, Ana Raquel Simões   +2 more
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