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Phd & HE

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chocs4me · 27/04/2009 10:07

Hi - I'm new to this forum but have been commited to HE since ds1 was about 2 - i have 2 boys now - oldest is almost 4 and baby is 10mths....

Anyway, i have this little dream of doing a Phd but i'm wondering how feasible this would be whilst HEing - its a dream i dont have to realise it right now, but when looking ahead to all our options - i wonder whether i can just totally give up that aspect of my life to HE my kiddos?

If they want to HE all the way through i would be late 40's by the time they 'graduate' which seems a little late/far away to be starting studying again - although i know its not impossible...but can i wait till then? Its my main worry cos i do miss that aspect of my life in some ways....

Any thoughts anyone?

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julienoshoes · 27/04/2009 11:06

Dunno how far you have got in your education so far, but I do know of parents who have continued their education whilst home educating.
A good number of people I know use the OU, to do this-I am sure you would find plenty to talk to about it on one of the main HE support lists.

One of my close friends (and a single parent)did her PhD which her children were early teens and preteens. So that wouldn't be so very far away from where you are right now, as thinking you have to wait until they graduate, would it?

My friend did something around Home Ed and society for her dissertation!

ommmwardandupward · 27/04/2009 13:48

I think a part-time PhD would be completely doable around HEing, as long as you'd have access to the resources you'd need (not easy to pop off to foreign libraries with children in tow, but they have all just started sending digital images of manuscripts in the last year or so, which makes things much easier and cheaper if it's archival work)

musicposy · 27/04/2009 22:49

I certainly think once your kids are older it would be fine. You might find it tricky whilst they are very young, but not too far ahead I think you coulod manage.

My two are 9 and 13 and I could easily do something like this (in terms of feasiblity, not my academic prowess, lol) because it would be like studying alongside them. They get very independent in their work as they grow up and you will find you are more of a sounding board than anything else.

So, I think you might have to wait a little while, but maybe not as long as you first thought.

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