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Indecon International Consultants have been appointed by the HEA to undertake research on the issues and challenges associated with first-time mature student participation in higher education and to make recommendations for how access to, and participation in, higher education by mature students can be supported in the future. The full terms of reference can be downloaded here: https://hea.ie/policy/mature-student-participation-in-higher-education-terms-of-reference-of-the-research-study.

To get the views of as many students as possible Indecon have  launched a survey  https://www.research.net/r/surveymaturestudents

If you are a first-time mature student in higher education , please feel free to fill in the survey.