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Ms Fleming, a mature student originally from Edinburgh, called Hilda a "fascinating character to recreate".

But surprisingly, mature student numbers, over-21 undergraduate entrants to English universities, are down from 360,000 just 10 years ago to 170,000 now.

One of the first apprentices to work on the project is Fiona Otoo who as a mature student already has a degree and had years of experience working in the visual arts before deciding on a career change.

I returned to university as a mature student. And you know what, I wasn't the oldest in my class.

Asked why she came to study as a mature student, Natalie explained that she had been encouraged by her employer and by patients when she worked as a carer for six years.

A mature student has won a landmark court victory after she was refused a loan because of her age.

If you are a mature student over 24 and looking to gain new qualifications and skills then you can access the financial support you need with government backed 24+ Advanced Learning Loans.

Student Nurses: Bedpans to Bandages features dad-of-two Takunda Kahwa, grandmother Diane Edwards, mature student Dany Morris-Spence and second-year trainee Aimee Teesdale.

Student Kieran Firth, 19, from Holmfirth, was crowned the college's winner of the short story entry with his tale, The Slender Man, while mature student Virginia Hainsworth claimed the poetry prize with, A Plea to Summer.

Mature student Maryam, who will be reading medicine at St Edmund's College, said: "As a mature student entering university, finances were naturally one of my first worries.

The mature student studying IT at Liverpool John Moores added: "Students rightly regard this as a flagship policy and I just hope that Lib-Dem MPs consider their position very carefully."