I have the chance to do a course of my choice and my company I work for will probably pay for half the cost, which is nice.

I want to do a computing course.

A local college can do a foundation degree, 2 years £700 a year for a part time 2 times a week course.
This would teach me lots of stuff, and give me a foundation degree.
http://www.gateshead.ac.uk/factsheet.asp?id=22&cid=30879

Or theres a start off of a Cisco CCNA course for 1 year thats cheaper:
http://www.gateshead.ac.uk/factsheet.asp?id=22&cid=30856

Or I could try a distance learning degree like this one:
http://northumbria.ac.uk/?view=CourseDetail&code=DUDACM1

Or I could try a part time degree, like this one, which I do think would make the most sense tbh
http://northumbria.ac.uk/?view=CourseDetail&code=DUPCOM1

I definately dont want to leave work as I like it to much.

I work in IT support and I like all aspects of computing, Voip is quite challenging for me and Id like to go into Voip and networking a lot more. Although I do like programming and would like to learn a lot more of it than what I learnt several years ago in my Btec National Diploma in software development

What do you guys think?

Get your company to pay for a US degree Then youll really get your moneys worth.

How much are those?
Do they do distance learning?
Do you suggest any Unis for distance learning degrees? Preferably near Santa Cruz or New York as we have clients out there.

A local college can do a foundation degree, 2 years £700 a year for a part time 2 times a week course.
This would teach me lots of stuff, and give me a foundation degree.
http://www.gateshead.ac.uk/factsheet.asp?id=22&cid=30879

Or theres a start off of a Cisco CCNA course for 1 year thats cheaper:
http://www.gateshead.ac.uk/factsheet.asp?id=22&cid=30856

Or I could try a distance learning degree like this one:
http://northumbria.ac.uk/?view=CourseDetail&code=DUDACM1

Or I could try a part time degree, like this one, which I do think would make the most sense tbh
http://northumbria.ac.uk/?view=CourseDetail&code=DUPCOM1

I definately dont want to leave work as I like it to much.

why not do both

i.e.

http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C01T216

you get the CCNA and 60 credits towards a degree

Thanks for that Dave, I totally forgot about the OU!