Jennie Cox has always jumped on any chance to learn. At 81, she’s just completed a degree at Murdoch University and has already enrolled for a postgraduate course. A former nurse from Perth, Cox studied for a nursing degree as ...

Back in the 1950s and 1960s it was virtually unheard of for someone over age 23 to commence university study – at any level. There was a general perception that older individuals had already ‘run their course’ and the idea of ...

Overwhelmed by the sheer number of undergraduates fresh from high school, mature age students tend to exist in the background of Australian universities. But that is changing. What began as loose meetings among a few older students at Edith Cowan University ...

The outgoing chief executive of Universities Australia is appealing for a national policy that would help boost enrolments of mature-age students. Dr Glenn Withers says a participation target should be implemented for 35 to 65 year olds in much the same ...