Hundreds of applications submitted for vacant college courses

HUNDREDS of people have applied for vacant places on college courses since they have been offered on the CAO website in the past few days.

The numbers submitting applications between midday on Tuesday and yesterday afternoon included 57 people who had not yet applied to the CAO this year. The vacant places facility is open to anybody applying for the first time, but mature students and those applying for restricted courses should contact the admission office of the college concerned first.

The CAO also recorded 224 applications for around 50 courses from the list of Level 8 honours degrees with places available, while 340 applications were made for courses on the Level 7/6 (ordinary degree/higher certificate) list. However, it is not clear how many people might have applied to more than one course.