fair enough, horses for courses! Yes I agree 3rd year is pretty late on...I did the MSc and we went on placement in our 1st year, much better in my mind too! As far as I know the head of physio has plans to change the structure of the course for that and other reasons....you do tend to find employers tend to take on new grads that have trained in that town, I guess out of familiarity as well as a understanding of the training that goes on there. You do of course get exceptions, I proved that myself by training at QMU and then getting a permanent job in Aberdeen, having never set a foot up here when I was a student!

At the end of the day its personal choice, go and have a look at the unis and decide for yourself!