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[MitchyInge]

Much cop? Anyone happ plodded part time to Mst or even DPhil?

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happ? ~I dropped this: ily

Hi, wish I could help more, but tell me what your subject is and I'll try to find out?

I've never met a part-timer in my subject (English), but my gut feeling is that, if you are fairly self-reliant, would only be an advantage for Mst. The full-time course is very short compared with most universities' Masters (9months as opp. to 12), so what you miss out on is time to gather your thoughts rather than time to write or research actively - so having it all more spread out could be great.

The disadvantage is that, in my subject, I came across a lot of rather arrogant, traditionalist faculty members who would automatically disapprove of part-time study and might not give much support.

Anything else I say probably won't be helpful, not knowing what you want to study, but if I can help I'd be glad to do so.

'thestudentroom' forum (google it) is annoying as heck, but might have a few answers too.

Hello, thanks for replying. Not sure what I'd like to do, has been a long time since I applied myself to anything. only found out about the short courses and part time schemes last night so haven't given it great deal of thought yet!

Background is undergrad English postgrad law, am tempted by things I haven't looked at since A level or skated over during degree like history and creative writing.

Have signed up for the short online course in history of medicine for September, doesn't lead anywhere but might be confidence building.

Cambridge would be more convenient but so much more expensive for some reason?

Cambridge more expensive - that's odd, wonder why.

I'm sorry I can't be more help. My DP did (ordinary, undergrad.) history here and loved it, so I know there are some great people around. It is a beautiful place to study. Good luck, hope someone else comes along to answer questions further.