Sulphate,
I just want to add a word of caution about the graduate route. I graduated last summer with a very high 2:1 BEng (Hons) degree in Aero Engineering. I have applied for litterally dozens of engineering jobs and all the pilot sponsorship I can find. I am still unemployed I have had 1 engineering interview and 3-4 selection days for pilot sponsorship.
I would seriously recomend checking the employment status of the graduates leaving any course your looking at. I know that of my course friends only 1 has a good job and he was a mature(ish) student who was already qualified to do the job hes doing!
I regret not leaving sixth form and going straight into employment, the money I have spent at uni would have been better spent on flying, plus I would have been earning and gaining vauable "life experience" as I went, whereas now I am stuck in the situation where I need to get a graduate salary in order to maintain my PPL, car......
I do not want to put you off uni but BE CAREFUL!
All the best
NT
PS CTC considered me with my PPL