New member but some-time reader! I am eventually hoping to study for a PhD in history but due to financial and other commitments this would have to be on a part-time basis whilst continuing to work. I have been in very preliminary discussions with the research department at one of the institutions I am considering and understand that a part-time PhD is typically expected to take 6-8 years which I appreciate is a lengthy commitment. At present I am working full time (9-5 - five days a week) but hopefully if I begun a PhD I would be able to reduce this to three and half days a week (and possibly in a few years would be able to take a year to eighteen months out to dedicate to my PhD) At this stage, I wonder if anybody with experience of part time PhD study and part time work can provide any advice as to how many hours a week's study is realistic for part-time PhD study (again I know that this also depends on what stage the research is at). Any advice would be gratefully received.