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Loughborough VS Brunel for English and Drama/Theare

Hi guys, really confused and I hope this page helps me get an answer!

I'm currently in my first year at Loughborough studying English and Drama, but I'm not fully settled in yet- I'm an explorer and like doing things in the day, but being a small town, this isn't possible. Gets a bit miserable, so I'm thinking of transferring to Brunel for second year, which I know isn't in Central, but it's still London...

This is the dilemma:
If I stay at Lough, I would potentially be studying in Australia for a semester (3-4 months) but I won't know for certain until I start my 2nd year- right now its about 95% certain.
But then there's something drawing me to London as it's where I want to be, I might be able to explore more acting opportunities. Living in London is a dream of mine and now is the only time for certain where I can afford it as Student Finance will help fund it- nothing in the future promises this.

Reputation wise, Lough is better but don't know how important this is. Degree at Brunel will be called English and Theatre.

Hope you guys can help!!!