So I am a single parent to a 9-year-old and I'm in my mid-30s, I had gotten on to the OpenPlus degree with 2 years online and 2 years at the university itself, but thought because of my situation (lack of social interactions/isolation) it would be nice to actually meet people. I asked at the university about provisions for mature students and parents, was told a lot of things. The first year (the foundation year) was nearly all online so that was fine, but now I'm in my proper first year I just can't see it working.
I need to travel to the university, I live in a town nearby. I have no immediate childcare (her mum isn't around and my parents both work a lot of hours) so I knew it was going to be very hard work, but I had prepared some childcare.
The timetables have only just been sorted - 2 days before the "official" start date, and I am in for 5 days of the week with all but one day with 9/10am starts. I say sorted - something has been added on for next week within the past day.
That childcare I had sorted is now all full because the schools have started weeks ago and I couldn't confirm the days or times I would need it.
I don't know what I was expecting really, I knew it would be difficult some days but not to the point where every day is going to be an absolute rush to get there on time. Maybe I'm just not in the right position to go to university? Just letting my frustrations out - I have emailed around and gotten nowhere so far.