The ATPL theory is used as a fluffer to get bums on seats. The degree the student gets in the end is neither a particularly good degree or much use as the ATPL content which I might add is the equivalent of age 16 school exams removes the true degree content. So the student ends up with a pretty useless degree for anything other than getting the ATPL's out the way. And with the current Uni fee's situation for three years study you would have payed for a ppl, your theory exams and hour building and proberly your CPL as well if you did it off your own back and took into account your accom at Uni.
Your doing students no service at all if you tell them that an Airline managment with ATPL studies degree at Newbucks nursing and hairdressing University is anyway equivalent to a Business degree at a more respected establishment.
And as the poster has just missed out on a linguistics course they will have enough UCAS points to get onto a better course and better university than some old poly trying to pull students in with the carrot of ATPL theory and a PPL during the summer holidays.
Flying is a vocational course end of story.