Shakespeare already said it all,

or at least this is what Joy Leslie Gibson, at 90 Britain's oldest student, may believe since she is currently doing her PhD at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Ms Gibson is 63,000 words into her PhD in forgiveness and repentance in Elizabethan theatre.“The thing is, I was 18 in 1945 when the war came to an end. I had a place at the LSE [London School of Economics and Political Science] to read Politics,” she told The Daily Telegraph. “But the government said that all places at university were to go to ex-service people.”

Her advice for students is not to waste their time and money by enrolling on “mickey mouse” degrees like “golf course management”. Rather, they should throw themselves into the world of work and follow her lead by enrolling on university courses later in life.
“I don’t think anyone is properly educated these days,” Ms Gibson said. “I talk to university students who haven’t had as good an education as I had at school. Being taught how to read properly at primary school is far more important than sending people to university to do mickey mouse degrees like golf club management.
“I think students ought to think of what they want to do after university and really, how they can earn enough money after.”
  Gibson, who was born in the Isle of Wight but spent most of her childhood in west London was educated at Notting Hill School, a private girls' day school.

She went on to work as a drama teacher and then magazine journalist, and renewed her efforts with higher education after she retired, aged 60. She studied a foundation course at the Open University, and went on to take a BA in Philosophy at the University of North London, which is now London Metropolitan University.
Next, she studied for an MA in Renaissance Studies with the University of Sussex and went on to take two MPhils on various aspects of Shakespeare, followed by an MLit on Elizabethan costume.

Joy Gibson's tips for students

• Don't waste time on "mickey mouse" degrees like "golf course management" - study a proper subject or don't bother at all
• Join a society if you have a particular talent, but don't allow yourself to get "swamped" by extra-curricular activities, as you need to concentrate on your studies
• Think about what you want to do after university, and how you will earn enough money to pay off your student debts
• Have a set time of the day and place to work where you will not be distracted
• Make good notes, and make sure they are assembled in an orderly fashion before you start writing