MSc

[kanulondon]

I did my MBA part time over 6 years. Put in about 1 hour a night, then spent maybe 4 full weekends a year either doing assignments or studying for exams. It's easy to get good grades which you're already familiar, but you do need to put in the hours most of the time.

I'm under no illusions it will enhance my day rate with what I currently do, but I think it does put you over the top when you're being considered for a more senior or specialised role.

Sounds cool....but 6 years! Assume you can speed this up?

I've done a lot of study this year and I think I rather like it.

I've been looking at doing an MBA for a few years

Who did you study with?

KL

[SallyAnne]

Would it be enhanced by relevant skills and experience?

What do you mean?

[Liability]

I'm starting one.

Anyone got any experiences of contracting and studying at the same time?

Whatever you do make sure its from a decent place. None of this OU crap as if you are doing it for it to be useful and get you to the higher roles it WILL matter which school you do it from.

[Mich the Tester]

Whatever you do make sure its from a decent place. None of this OU crap as if you are doing it for it to be useful and get you to the higher roles it WILL matter which school you do it from.

What makes you think the OU is 'crap'?

[oracleslave]

What makes you think the OU is 'crap'?

Because he is an ignorant twat continually spouting drivel as fact. Err hang on..

[beaker]

Sounds cool....but 6 years! Assume you can speed this up?

I've done a lot of study this year and I think I rather like it.

I've been looking at doing an MBA for a few years

Who did you study with?

KL

Yeah, you can do the course in 3 years if you take on 2 topics per semester (I took on only one), or 18 months full time. I started studying at an Australian university and continued through distance education when I came to the UK.

[Liability]

What makes you think the OU is 'crap'?

In real world value it sadly is. To use it to get to a decent role it will always be inferior to say a top 5 school. Its like comparing a MBA online to one from LBS.

When MSC and MBA's are concerned in majority of cases the school you have done it from is what holds the weight, not the actual subject.

[Mich the Tester]

Because he is an ignorant twat continually spouting drivel as fact. Err hang on..

Hmm, because I don’t know how their MBAs rate, but the Planetary and Space Sciences department is recognized as one of the finest in the world and made a major contribution to the Cassini-Huygens mission. The department, or institute as it is properly known, employs, and has employed some of the finest planetary scientists of our time, including Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Colin Pillinger; without wishing to appear as though I’m making an appeal to authority, I’d suggest that those people don’t do ‘crap’. Maybe I’m biased though as they’re the ones who’ll be awarding my MSc.

Of course, the original question was about an MSc, and not an MBA.

[Liability]

Because he is an ignorant twat continually spouting drivel as fact. Err hang on..

Please can you correct this? Ignorant and arrogant as well as illiterate.

I'd prefer people get them right - at least be true and factual. If not, dont bother.

[TykeMerc]

Whatever you do make sure its from a decent place. None of this OU crap as if you are doing it for it to be useful and get you to the higher roles it WILL matter which school you do it from.

Utter rubbish.