Education How talking about my interests changed my life
By Brian Jones - 06/10/2008
It all began on a wet Friday in December 1997 at Nottingham University. We were there to see our son receive his Masters degree, and I was impressed and surprised by the number of 'mature' students who were also collecting their University degrees.
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