Woman of 46 wins place to study medicine
BMJ 2002; 325 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0210358 (Published 01 October 2002) Cite this as: BMJ 2002;325:0210358- Helen Barratt1
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A 46 year old mature student has been given a place at one of the country's newest medical schools, at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich. Unusually, 57% of the first intake will be mature students; seven of the 110 students starting this autumn are over 40 and a further 22 are over 30. Only 33 are school leavers.
Admissions staff at UEA decided that they could not justify taking an applicant's age into account when considering offering them a place. Although medical schools are technically not allowed to …
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