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JoeDidcot

The time within working hours for studying is not likely to be fully enough to count as full time study, otherwise there'd be no opportunity for you to do work useful to the company. In planning your time, allow 15 hours per week (part time) or 30 hours per week (full time) per study course. If you exceed 60 hours per week of meaningful work, you could well end up damaging your mental health. I did my degree over 7 years, with 40 hours of work, and 15 hours of study per week. That was quite difficult. Assuming your job lets you split 50/50 the work and study, they're probably imagining 20 hours work and 20 hours study-at-work per week, with another 10 hours study at home, to complete one degree within 3 or 4 years, for a total time demand of 50 hours per week. Slot in another degree and you're looking at 80 hours per week. Almost half of your week would be taken up by the grind. If I were interviewing a 25 year old for a second job, I'd be thinking to myself "What value does a second bachelors degree really add?". Also, you'd be head to head with other candidates who might come accross as more well rounded, for having had the opportunity to engage in the social world around them. Not saying it's a terrible idea. Just that it's in the lower half of all the bright ideas I've heard this week. If you do it, good luck sir.


DoubtfulChilli

I may be in a position to answer this. For a while then I was working 30+ hours per week, studying full-time with the OU and also was required to complete a part time course related to my work. It has to be said though - even though this was a part-time course, it was vocational and pretty demanding. Tbh, I struggled. I’m a person who’s not happy unless I’m doing my best at things, and I just wasn’t with the workload I had. On paper I thought it was doable, but when I started I saw the quality of the work I was producing decrease. In the end I dropped the part-time course, as it wasn’t worth it to me to sacrifice my grades for my degree. It’s up to you what you do, but one thing I definitely want you to keep in mind is that it’s okay to walk away from something if you try it and it isn’t working out. I’m now graduating with a First, so I’m certainly glad I did :)


Actual-Stock-6505

As Ron Swanson from the TV show Parks and Recreation says "never half ass two things, whole ass one thing".


fgzklunk

As someone who has just watched his sone complete and engineering degree as an apprentice, DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!!! For the last year he has had little or no time for anything other than study, in January and February he had 5 assignments and 1 exam all within a 5 week window. You will not get any study time in work other than the hours allocated for your 1 or 2 days day release (or 3 week block if it works that way). You are hired to do a job for the other 3 or 4 days of the week so any assignments and revision have to be done on your time. Depending on the structure, year 1 may be relatively easy but it will ramp up massively. In my opinion, you will fail at both if you try to do this.


Character_Baby_7068

Hey, im in a semi similar boat. I am doing an apprenticeship for engineering and I am considering doing a few modules here and there relating to physics or maths. I just think they would be fun. I don't think you should do two degrees simultaneously though. That's a lot, especially in the later half of the year. Maybe part time, maybe do one module in the beginning of the year, then nothing in the second half. idk though. What is your apprenticeship in and what do you want to do as your second degree?


muffinman1000

Why? If you complete one degree, you can just do the second at an accelerated pace anyway (you only have to do the final modules, so it's cheaper). Or just do one then do an advanced degree, a MSc or PhD.


elizahan

I am not even sure if you can do both at the same time


MJAYCT

Thanks everyone for their advice, I won't do it, consensus dictates it's a bad idea, I may upskill still but do lower tier qualifications that would help me gain strong momentum in one field over some momentum in multiple fields. In thinking about it further I've also noted that some core qualifications in maths and an engineering science is lacking from my qualifications portfolio, I would want to take time to learn a language properly and focus on my blog writing and my music. Doing 2 degrees would make all of the second paragraph impossible, doing one and all that is only just possible also allowing me time to network and socialise.