In your prime: How Jeffrey Holman embraced student life at age 50Joseph Johnson/Stuff Jeffrey Holman, an adjunct senior fellow at the University of Canterbury, achieved a Phd in his 50s and is encouraging others his age to keep learning. Jeffrey Paparoa Holman – poet, author and now adjunct senior fellow at the University of Canterbury – said returning to study at age 50 "changed his life". READ MORE:* Cabinet approves fast-track of free tertiary study and student allowance boost* Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to high school students: Next year's on us* Book review: The Lost Pilot, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman* Jeffrey Paparoa Holman: Story behind a photoHolman was at risk of falling into this trap. "I can speak anecdotally that coming back into study at 50 changed by life," Holman said. "The important thing to note is, if you undertake education in later life, you've got a different perspective on it and you have different needs.

Source: Stuff November 07, 2017 06:11 UTC