Hi, I hope you can offer me some advice/constructive criticism. I have been considering adding a postgrad degree to my CV, studying part-time, but have an aversion to going down the "taught Masters" route. The obvious thing to go for would be a Ph.D., but I'd like some tangible payoff (in the form of a qualification) more quickly than the 5-7 years that a part-time Ph.D. takes. I've found the M.Res. qualification at London Metropolitan University, where I can do research along with a couple of taught courses. There is also the M.Sc. by Research at the University of Greenwich. My question is: are these research masters looked upon more/less favourably than a more traditional taught masters. I have a good undergrad degree in physics, and a self-taught background in finance (Hull, Wilmott, etc.) so I don't feel I necessarily need to sit around deriving Black-Scholes and implementing binary trees in VBA. I have also been working in the finance industry for the last 10 years, doing nearly-but-not-quite-quant-dev roles.