background: I went straight from sixth form to a volunteering position in Africa and then went on to work in various office jobs.
In 2011 I took a part time job in an office at a University and started a full time degree at another university nearby in Media & Sociology. After 2 weeks the hour commute between work and lectures was killing me (i worked a half day, every day) so I switched to attend the University I was working at studying BA Sociology instead (I wanted to do Psychology but it was full).
I despised both the course and my job and then got hit by a car (as you do) and had to take some time out. This gave me chance to have a think and shortly afterwards I quit both.
Taking another job at the University, this one being Full Time and in a much nicer department, I enrolled on a Psychology degree with the Open University (my OH is also studying with them and we both rated them highly). I much prefer the subject and also means I can progress onto Clinical Psychology which is what I wanted in the 1st place.
I felt pretty stupid though as this was now the 3rd university I had been to.
However, I now work in a very stressful office job full time (a high level role but not management) and work in London as a weekend Nanny most weekends.
My motivation skills are poor (and clearly my attention span is too) and I am battling with an ever increasing depression and anxiety disorder as I struggle to fit study around 60+ working hours a week.
I have worked out that by quitting my office job and starting yet another degree at a brick and mortar university I could bring home £370 a week at least by studying the degree full time, working most weekends and fitting in the odd temp nanny job during the holidays.
This would give me 5 days a week extra to study and the contact time with the university would most likely increase my motivation.
I'm also confident I will be allowed to start in year 2 as I have already completed a lot of credits. so I would finish the degree a year earlier.
but I would be accumulating a lot (£25000) of student debt and would be hugely embarrassed to be changing routes AGAIN
AIBU to change universities for the 4th time?
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Objection · 13/01/2014 22:33
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