Has Anyone Done A Course Or Went To College Or Uni At 40?

[Lipz]

Is studying at this age too late?

[sandyRoe]

It's definitely not too late. There are many mature students and maybe the greatest thing they bring to their studies is their maturity.

[rockyracoon]

My friend who is 42 is just about to start uni in Sept doing nursing, another friend finished at 41. It's never too late.

[RATTER15]

hundreds of thousands of people are doing all those things all the time and many older than 40, 40 is not old!

[Lipz]

But can you go on to have a successful career from scratch at this age?

[anneasquith]

yes, at the rate the tory's are raising the retirement age, you may be working until your 70's

[RATTER15]

Of course, you think you got one foot in the grave at 40? lol!!

[factor-fiction]

I went back to university at the age of 50 to do a PGCE and was surprised to find that there were plenty of people in their 40s and 50s on my course, but everyone travelled each day from home. However, most of those on degree courses were 18-21 and lived on campus or nearby.
So it depends on what course you do and where you will live.

[Lipz]

I honestly do ratter

[Lipz]

Factor but maybe you had some form of education, i have none really so would literally be starting from scratch. I don't even know maths.

[rockyracoon]

In the not too distant future people will have to work til they're 70 before qualifying for a state pension. If you do GCSE's now, that will take a year, then a year for an access course, degree is 3 maybe 4 years, that leaves 24-25 years to have a successful career. I don't think that's too bad at all.

[islasmum]

I have done two Open University courses which I found very enjoyable and stimulating for my brain, and at the time I was in my late 40's, so I would not hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

[RATTER15]

I'm 55 and my good lady and I are now selling up and embarking on a whole new career. Are we worried about are age holding us back? not one bit, we are aware of our ages but it wont hold us back for a second!

[sandyRoe]

Lipz, you should look at Access Courses. They're designed for mature students with few, or no, formal qualifications.

[Connemmara]

I am learning the keyboard starting from Tuesday and am very nervous as I haven't played in about 8 years (even then wasn't great) - stared at sheet music the other day - only remember a few notes of them. I am over 60 but a bit anxious about it all.

[pastafreak]

I started an OU course in my late 50's...I did about 4 years on it,but work commitments meant I had to stop. I will go back to it one day. If I was in my 40's when I started,I'd definitely be thinking in terms of a career change. 40 is YOUNG!!

[cazzz1975]

In a few years time you will be wishing you were 40

[Old_Geezer]

Never too late to learn. Depends on what you intend to do with the experience. You'd have to qualify as a candidate of course, cover the prerequisites and get an offer of a place.

[boxtops]

Apart from going to school I never did any further study until my 40s, I didn't go to university when I left school, but I studied Open University business studies (got my DMS when I was 50) then went on to do a Masters in my 50s.