I would have liked to do the course full-time and I was looking at Surrey and Staffordshire, on the basis that I had friends and family in those areas who had offered me free accommodation for the year. However even with this offer it would be difficult financially for me to manage full-time study, so I decided to go for part time distance learning. Liverpool has the best ranking but the fees were too high (£18,000) so I applied to Derby and Birmingham City. Derby accepted me and I can start right away, so I decided to go with them as the Birmingham course doesn't start until September. They are all BPS-accredited courses which is important as I would like to go on to do a PhD.