An 80-year-old law student has graduated from the University of Liverpool.
Eric Jones, a retired detective superintendent, applied when he was 78. He thought he'd be rejected because he didn't have a university education, but instead he was offered an unconditoonal place after submitting a 5,000 word dissertation on the Justice and Security Bill.
It wasn't plain sailing for Jones, who nearly gave up in the first few months. He said, "the first few weeks were full of despondency, it wasn’t going right. I had to learn how to use a computer, at the same time as getting to grips with the academic side". Also, "I was with a group of girls, three of whom had first class honours, and I was trying to keep up".
Like many others before him, Jones decided to stick it out until Christmas, though presumably not just to appease his parents. But somewhere along the way Donoghue v Stevenson, Factortame and R v Brown worked their magic, and Jones realised "I brought something to the party".
Jones felt "quite emotional" on graduating. He said, "I’ve really enjoyed my time with the young people here and I hope they have as well”. Well, probably but maybe not so much. He is now planning a PhD, which he said meant "I would be all done by the time I’m 90, and then it’s on to job hunting I suppose".
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Eric Jones, a retired detective superintendent, applied when he was 78. He thought he'd be rejected because he didn't have a university education, but instead he was offered an unconditoonal place after submitting a 5,000 word dissertation on the Justice and Security Bill.
It wasn't plain sailing for Jones, who nearly gave up in the first few months. He said, "the first few weeks were full of despondency, it wasn’t going right. I had to learn how to use a computer, at the same time as getting to grips with the academic side". Also, "I was with a group of girls, three of whom had first class honours, and I was trying to keep up".
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Like many others before him, Jones decided to stick it out until Christmas, though presumably not just to appease his parents. But somewhere along the way Donoghue v Stevenson, Factortame and R v Brown worked their magic, and Jones realised "I brought something to the party".
Jones felt "quite emotional" on graduating. He said, "I’ve really enjoyed my time with the young people here and I hope they have as well”. Well, probably but maybe not so much. He is now planning a PhD, which he said meant "I would be all done by the time I’m 90, and then it’s on to job hunting I suppose".
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