Mature Students Group (MSG)

The Mature Students Group is currently inactive but can be revived with student interest. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact our EDI lead Professor Elisabeth Kirtsoglou.

The Durham Anthropology Department has a casual, social Mature Students Group (MSG). Mature students are defined as anyone who is 21 or older at the start of their course, and therefore this also includes all postgrads. We have found that the mature student experience can be different to that of the majority due to people’s living situations, wider gaps in education, or just life in general. People may have very different experiences in the run-up to them being at Durham now, studying anthropology, including post-grads who might have had a different focus in earlier studies and are brand new to anthropology itself. The mature student group is there to provide mutual support among members, hang out together and generally have fun!

The MSG was previously group-led via a WhatsApp group chat so if there was anything a member wanted to do, they could make their suggestions whenever. The group has held meet-ups for coffee and/or drinks, attended department and college extracurricular activities such as guest lectures, and built relationships across the department including undergrad, postgrad, post-doc and staff.