At 72, Bryan Corlett is UoMs oldest graduate [Video]

For all those who think they are “too old” to hit the books and return to academic life- meet Bryan Corlett, this year’s oldest graduate at the University of Malta. 

After years of hard work and raising a family, last Thursday, 72-year-old Corlett took to the stage alongside his coursemates and graduated for the first time with a Diploma in Journalism. 

“I felt there’s a few brain cells had gone to sleep, so I wanted to wake them up somehow,” Corlett jokingly said on why he went back to studying.

Originally from New Zealand, while Corlett passed his University Entrance exam in New Zealand back in 1971, he took on a job in construction, and then later on in mining. He also played professional rugby for a couple of years and then moved to America, where he met his wife, who is Maltese. 

When he moved to Malta, he did …