My course is classed as full-time but I am taught in class for one day a week 9-6.
I am currently debating whether it would be worth me going into college for an extra day/half day with DS in the nursery to study without interruptions and with the resources at hand.
I am a recently single parent so studying at home will be limited to when DS is asleep (he is 2) and whenever I can get people to look after him for a couple of hours.
I'm trying to decide this now as student finance have sent back my childcare grant forms as I apparently filled them out wrong, so I will need to adjust them for the extra day now if I do decide to.
Going in an extra day will basically double my weekly costs for this course.
I will have to pay another £10 train fare and for the extra day for DS at nursery.
I live 30 miles from the college so if I do need to speak to my tutor/teachers it would be hard outside of class without this day.
We have a timetabled tutorial from 6.00pm - 7.15pm after lessons on my one day in but I have to get my son from nursery at 6 so this won't be possible.
I am supposed to be doing atleast 18 hours of self study a week.
And I work part time on a saturday for 6 hrs.
I am not worried about DS being in nursery the extra day/half day as he really enjoys it and I think he will benefit from being there.
I will need to ask them if they have any spaces on other days for him though.
I am trying to weigh up if going in to self study at college this one extra day a week would be worth the extra travelling and costs.
Anyone have any experience with this that could lend me your point of view?
Sorry this is a bit all over the place, just trynig to let you understand my situation. =].