5 REASONS WHY I LOVE BEING A MATURE STUDENT WITH THE OU | OPEN UNIVERSITY

Hello! This is try 2 of uploading this because the one I scheduled was cut in half for some reason! Hopefully, this goes better!
I hope you are all ok and safe. I am chatting about being a mature student and why I love it this week. I wanted to put something positive out because of all of the horrific things going on in the world this week. Please look after yourselves and your mental health. The OU has some great resources if you are a student with them.
Have a great week if you can and I will be back next week with a vlog (hopefully!) of my mini break.
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[@willowjune5849]

This is the most authentic video I've found and my experience with uni the first time around was very very similar. Thank you for making this!

[@stacysspace]

Wow, thank you! I am so glad you liked it! 😊

[@ldevon2318]

Thank you for these videos!

[@stacysspace]

My pleasure! Thank you for watching and commenting 😊

[@abookabrewandcraftingtoo]

Thank you for such an open and honest video. I think much of what you said resonates with us mature students. Between my fibromyalgia and ataxia and my children becoming young adults I felt a burden and unwanted which is stupid but since starting OU I’ve got ME back, I feel like I have purpose and a conversation and a reason again so I could completely resonate with what you said. Have a good break you deserve it xx

[@stacysspace]

I am so glad it resonates with you Nikki! It is so easy to feel alone in it all sometimes-especially with distance learning I think. I am so glad we are buolding a little community here where we can all be ourselves and motivate each other. I really reasonate with feeling a burden-I often push myself way too hard with my fibro and then end up feeling even more of a burden so I am definitely working on balance right now!! xx

[@lisametcalfe640]

I decided to take a year out after a-levels due to feeling disillusioned with education and unexpectedly became a mum so never went to uni. I'm 3 weeks into year 2 of p/t degree, aged 43. I've enjoyed it so far but I struggle with the loneliness and isolation of distance learning. What do you do to combat that?