I did my undergrad degree 11 years ago now - went on to get married, have kids and accrue a fair amount of professional experience. Post-divorce, I'm now looking at doing an MRes and progressing to a PhD.

I've looked into the financial side of things and the practical side of things and I think I can do it - my kids are upper primary school age so by the end of the PhD will be secondary age and more independent.

My concern is that due to the fact I am settled here with my family, I don't want to relocate and would be doing my MRes and PhD at the same uni as my undergrad degree. The uni isn't the best in the country for this area of research but it is a decent university which has academics who are respected in my area of interest.

Is it still considered a negative not to swap universities?