Thanks for the reply Student88.
I went to an open day for the degree course and one of the students made the point that when you apply for jobs the airlines will have 2 piles of CV's those with degrees and one with those without. Does this sound true to anyone with recruitment experience?
However for someone wanting to become a pilot one day and also wanting to go to uni the degree with ATPL training does sound ideal as you end up with your frozen ATPL and a degree.
From reading this forum the wise advice seems to be, do a totally different degree not airline related as a backup. But that's tough advice to follow for someone who only wants to be a pilot.