Hi,
I am currently on an industrial year in a large Aerospace company as part of my masters degree. The year out has enabled me to get my PPL and hopefully secure a job at the end of my degree. I can't agree with the above posting about not doing an aerospace degree, it's an excellent sector to work in, and the main thing is, that at the end of the day if you decide you don't want to work in aerospace, and assuming you don't want to fly, engineers can do almost anything - finance (big bucks in London Village!) etc etc.
My advice, go to uni, get a good degree, do a year out to see if you like engineering - if you do, you may decide to stick with it, if not - don't worry, you can leave uni and apply for flying jobs. Or even go earn the mega bucks.
Don't limit your options and make sure you do what you want to, aviation is a great thing, engineering or otherwise - and there are plently of jobs - take it from me.
Gliderone