No undergraduate degree, but plenty of hard-won experience. A remarkable woman there, Anne Meaney, spotted me lecturing and introduced me to something that would change everything: recognition of prior learning (RPL). Now I am back at SETU, this time for a postgraduate qualification in teaching and learning. I was 48 when I started my undergraduate degree. I came into this without a traditional academic background, and RPL gave me a door I didn’t know existed.

Source: The Irish Times March 27, 2026 05:02 UTC