ProPwannabe,
I left 6th Form last year, and applied to all of those courses you have mentioned, but withdrew my application because I chose not do to them, but thats by the by and I'll help you out by telling you what I know of the courses.
The Cabair website is misleading, and despite there being a picture of the Bucks New Uni course, subtitled with a "Cabair Integrated" logo, it is not, and neither is the course at Kingston; they're both modular. I went to the open day for both as I was seriously considering them, and if I were to choose, it would've personally been on the Kingston course, because Kingston has more of a background in engineering, so when [if] you do the top-up, you'd be learning more about the engineering side of 'flying' rather than the management side. Both unis are low down on the tables, but Kingston is relatively higher. This is my own view, and by no means reflects that of others, but I was not impressed with the Bucks New Uni course, and it's content, I even requested to attend a lecture, and was taught nothing I didn't already know about pollution. However I think you should visit both universities just to get a feel.
The City course, last year, was my first choice. But the deciding factor were the tuition fees; £9000 for the first year, and £6000 for the 3rd year (the 2nd year would be at your FTO). I did not understand the justifications in charging £15000 for tuition fees, when UK fees were £3145 last year. As a result of being charged "international fees", you are not guaranteed student loans, which put me off completely. £15000 is a massive amount of money, on top of the £60 000 which you've decided to spend on integrated.
I've decided what course to go on this year, as a result of over a year of vacillation and research, and am now just waiting on my offer. Hopefully London Met & Stapleford Flight Centre. But in retrospect, you have left it very late to be deciding this, you probably won't even be able to see the universities now as most will be coming to a close of their final term. If you want any more info on Kingston + Bucks, I've got a load of it, so just PM me.
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