Hi all. I'm currently in the last few months of an MA in education with the Open University and I'd like to start a PhD when I finish. I'm working full time so will do the PhD part-time. Anyone else on the part-time route? If so, any pearls of wisdom?

I am currently doing a part-time overseas PHD and am working one day a week with 2 when necessary. The most difficult is the reorganizing of social/family life and professional life around PHD demands, good luck!

Scheduled time. Unlike a structured MA, you'll be much on your own, so imposing a timetabled structure and agreeing targeted deadlines with a supervisor is essential.

You didn't say whether its an OU PhD or with somewhere else? Doing a P/t one in an institution geared to full time can mean you miss out though if you make contacts with other PhD students regularly then that can help (though the different time scales may mean less in common as time goes on)