'They simply believed that doing an integrated course gave them their best chance of a job immediately after they'd qualified (which has indeed proved to be case!)'
Surely thats a bit of a sweeping statement.
For all the extra cost involved it had better give them something.
I would suggest the only fair comparison is between two routes that have cost somewhere near the same amount of money. I'd be seriously interested to know what makes you more employable between Integrated and modular with SSTR.
(This then takes us to another well argued subject
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