Part Time Masters Opportunity... too soon after Bachelors Degree?

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Are you likely to get a place/already have a place? If so, then I believe you have a good chance at doing well. It is of course unfortunate that your BA kind of is putting you off, but if this is in a different institution, then chances are that the experience will be different too. If it's the same institution, it is still a very different kind of degree (especially when part time), and your BA experiences shouldn't be reflected. You can always apply for help from the wellbeing services at the uni, which they should happily provide for you.

I can't speak for your preferences or the specifics of either the employer or the Masters course or University, but in my experience, doing a degree part time and working at the same time is an entirely different experience to an undergrad or even a full time postgrad experience. I did a part time Masters degree at the same University I went on to do a full time PhD at, and the experiences were entirely different in the same institution.

I have an interview coming up, which has prompted the questions. I do not know how to respond should they offer me the place and - for obvious reasons - I need to have it sorted in my head before then. It is in a different university as well, one much closer to home with what looks like a much better support system and a much smaller cohort. Probably around 20-30 people as opposed to 200.

Would you mind expanding a little further? How did you find the part time masters? I don't really know anyone who has done anything similar hence me reaching out for advice.

Master's are always meant to be more personal, which means the support, as you're aware, will be more present. I think that if it's only the poor BA experience that is putting you off, then you should probably give it a go. At the end of the day, you will not lose anything (in the sense of money, more than anything), and will gain experience, which will help you immensely.

If you were to do the same thing in a few years you might find yourself a bit disinterested, as time can do that. So I think give it a go Very good luck to you in the interview if you decide to go through with it x

My job was going through a rubbish period at the time, so the part-time Masters was great. In terms of headspace I found them interestingly different. The challenge was partitioning time and genuinely focussing on study for the amount of time needed. However, if your employer is sponsoring you as part of the employment package, they are likely to be much more accommodating about giving sufficient time to focus.

Don't under-estimate the amount of time it takes to get back into the academic study groove every time you need to. It takes at least a half hour, possible up to an hour to get back to where you left off last time, if you can't leave your books etc open at the same place. So putting an hour aside every night doesn't work, it takes about a 3 hour chunk to get useful work done.