Hi there,

I am a mum of two who has been working part time since shortley after my son was born in march and back to full time this week, I also study my Masters very part time via distance education. It is a Masters of Clinical Education and if I were to do it full time it would take 2 years, I only do one unit a semester so it will take me about 6 years at this rate.
Most of the units have a 2 day intensive at the unii which covers about 1/2 of the unit content. The first unit I did the intensive was 3 weeks after the birth of my son so I just plodded along on my own and did ok. I'm off the this semesters intensive in a couple of weeks.

A couple of things to note....You can probably gte fee HELP, its a lot more difficult to see than HECS used to be so I paid upfront on my credit card first semester OUCH. But this semester I found out I could get HELP. YAY!
You need to not be the responsible adult for kids when you study IMO. We are great multi taskers but work and study need focus so I think its important to quarantine study time. I usually do it after bed time.

Good luck!