Dont Bother with Uni, you can do that Later, it is very possible in the 5 years it will take you to go to Uni and get a CPL, we will have had the boom then the bust again.
I work for what used to be Cityflyer, we had a 19 yr old F/o and we have a 24yr old Captain on the 146! Age not a problem, its all maturity.