Hi. I'm about to start an Mphil to top up my qualifications (as the old HND isn't enough these days). Anyone got any advice they'd like to share on studying for their Mphil?

I think you need to be a bit more specific eg subject area, lifestage (eg mature, with/without kids, full / part time, qual/quant methodology ) Generally if you have a query people are pretty good at helping out but short of trite comments such as choose a topic that interests you, you'll get out of it what you put in, etc I can't think of anything particular advice.

Fair enough point. I'm starting a study of retail interior design trends supervised by the very well regarded School of Architecture at my local uni. I will be working 4 days a week teaching/consulting and aiming to study 2 days. No other major time commitments other than work. My subject is related to that that I teach and I worked in the industry for 10 years. Any advice on the independent study side of this would be welcomed. It fits in with my life/work so that's why I chose the Mphil rather than the MA option as well as needing to boost my research profile.

Should also point out this is part time!

I did a PhD part-time, but the same principles apply. You need to keep the momentum going, so find a routine you can work with week on week. 4 days of work + 2 days for MPhil sounds quite hard to be honest, allowing just 1 day a week to recuperate and relax. So look after yourself and make sure you don't burn out.

Also because your work is related to your MPhil you need to keep clear divisions between the two. Make sure you and your bosses are clear about when it's work time, and when it's MPhil time, and don't let the two blur.

Other than that good luck! Hope you enjoy your MPhil as much as I enjoyed my research degree.