When 40-year-old freshers enliven campus

More middle-aged Chinese are going abroad for a fresh crack at education

While most college-age students expect the epic milestone of graduation to be the end point of a challenging and demanding period of study and learning, some middle-aged people pluck up the courage to return to scholastic life in a foreign country by taking a gap year off work in China.

In November, following her full-time overseas study, 42-year-old Li Yanqiu graduated from her master's degree course in ethnographic and documentary film with a distinction from University College London in the UK.