Thanks a lot for all those replies, quite a lot to ponder, my main issue being that of getting finance. hence am also looking at a few integrated courses, mainly as that way I can get a loan to cover the entire cost of the course as if modular I believe you couldn't get a loan for say 40k as it's not in one place.
Aside from the standard UK approved places, anyone heard anything of the Western Australian Aviation College scheme that was recently launched?