NVFR
This advice will be to late for you. But anyone still doing a PPL or CPL, a NVFR is a must. And to do it separately is a rort from the flying schools. You will have to do a test at night and maybe a nav or two exercise at night seperately. But the rest of the training should be done in conjunction with the normal CPL component. I can`t for the life of me understand why an instructor (well I actually can)wouldn`t take the oppurtunity to fly at night whenever possible. As night hours take the longest to get with regard to your full ATPL.
I was told by my instructor with all his wisdom and charter experience(NONE) that a NVFR is pointless if your are going do to a ME-CIR. The first question every employer asked me when I went for a job was do you have a NVFR.
Mainframe is right on the money.