Supporting Mature Students Longitudinally across the Academic Lifecycle

Standen, Gemma (2026) Supporting Mature Students Longitudinally across the Academic Lifecycle. In: Exploring Widening Access for Mature Age Students. Routledge, Oxon, pp. 244-258. ISBN 9781032888835

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Abstract

Since the introduction of Outreach and Widening Participation following the Dearing and Kennedy reports in 1997, mature student numbers have dwindled in the UK. Over recent years, the Office for Students has encouraged universities to provide Information Advice and Guidance to aid social mobility and economic growth for this important group. This chapter explores how the University of East Anglia uses a longitudinal approach to support the progression of mature students across the educational lifecycle, which includes pre-entry, community-level, and further education college liaison through to the transition and continuation stages of study. Informed by literature and the theory of Possible Selves, the interventions outlined in this chapter consider the motivations, challenges, and enablers experienced by mature students as a group and on a more individual basis. The approaches taken have a positive impact on participants, with activity engagement growing each year and feedback reflecting the importance of representation.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	mature students,widening participation,higher education,academic lifecycle,educational equity,education,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304
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Date Deposited:	03 Oct 2025 14:30
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2026 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100616
DOI:	10.4324/9781003540144-20

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