From 25 February, Extra vacancies will be displayed in the UCAS search tool and eligible applicants will be able to add an additional choice to their application in Track. Please complete all updates to Extra vacancies by Wednesday 24 February, so these are displayed as expected when Extra starts.
At the beginning of the 2016 cycle, all courses were defaulted to 'None' (closed) for Extra.
You can now set your courses in Extra as having vacancies for one of the following categories:
- all
- international only
- none
- UK (excluding Northern Ireland) and international
- UK (excluding Scotland) and international
- UK and EU
- UK excluding Northern Ireland
- UK excluding Scotland
To select the relevant Extra vacancy status:
- sign in to Course Collect
- go to the ‘vacancies’ tab
- tick the vacancy purpose box for Extra
- either search for an individual programme, or click ‘search’ to view all programmes
- tick the box on the left of any programme you wish to update the vacancy status for
- click ‘add selected to list’
- select the new vacancy status from the drop-down menu at the end of the screen
- click the red ‘apply changes’ button
If you have any queries about using Course Collect, please contact the Data Collection Team at coursesdata@ucas.ac.uk or phone 01242 544 864.