Almost 1,000 win in second round of college offers

ALMOST 1,000 people are being offered a college place for the first time by the Central Applications Office (CAO) this morning.

With most places on around 600 degree courses already filled in the CAO’s first round of offers, places in less than 180 such courses are being offered this time around.

However, around 170 of the 300 diploma and certificate courses still have vacancies, with points requirements dropping significantly in cases where there was a very poor acceptance rate of first-round offers.