Advice & guidance

The University is keen to promote opportunities for mature students. We recognise that many mature students have a lot to consider before deciding to return to university and people can also find it challenging to adjust to university life. We have a dedicated Mature Student Adviser, Heather Black (heather.r.black@strath.ac.uk)  who is available to provide you with the information you need on returning to university.

Please visit our dedicated Mature Students' Information page for further information.

Pre-entry Access Course

If you would like to study for a university degree but don’t have the necessary qualifications, we're here to help.

Our Pre-entry Access Course is designed to help people get into university degree programmes.  We help people from a range of backgrounds with different learning needs and objectives, including: those with no qualifications; those with qualifications that are out of date (normally more than five years old); and those interested in finding out what university-style study is like before applying for full-time study. For more info, please our Pre-entry Access Course page.

Start@Strath

Start@Strath happens in August and is for mature students who have accepted an offer to start studying at Strathclyde the following month! This is a friendly and informal event, held each August, that has been designed to help mature students and direct entrants to later years gather the information they need and consider some of the practicalities prior to starting their studies. The event is suitable of incoming undergraduate students, and to attend the event you must already be holding an offer of a place from Strathclyde.

The event will feature presentations from staff from our Study Skills Team, the Library, the Virtual Learning Environment team. You will also hear from the University of Strathclyde Students' Association and some of our current Strathclyde students.

If you would like a copy of the presentations please email d.duncan@:strath.ac.uk.