I do want to do the degree, I am enjoying it and my thinking is that it gives me something to fall back on if there's a medical issue or something else and i can't fly for a while or ever? I think getting an engineering job after study is something I would be open to help fund my training. My thinking currently is to do my PPL one summer and then my IR next and so on, hoping to do my ATPL subjects after I graduate so I don't have a massive workload.