hi tanstar

i started my masters in 2005 - it was a master of business (sports administration). i didn't have DS then & while it had its moments, but wasn't too bad to fit things in at all. i ended up taking an early exit because i came to the conclusion that i didn't want to take a massive pay cut to move into a sporting organisation (because the pay was far less than the industry i worked in).

i think it would be tough with children but i think one of the biggest factors is motivation & also how much you enjoy the course. at the start i was so driven to move fields & i loved the course so finding time to fit things in wasn't a show stopped. once i lost the motivation (although still loved the course), my drive to fit everything in started to wane. i hope that makes sense!

i was doing mine part time & i did 2 subjects a semester. not sure how education works but mine was 2 x 3 hour lectures a week, held in the evening. however, they didn't always run for that long & we also had breaks.