it carlow on tv

Redrocket

just limping around the house and i heard an advert for itcarlow on the tv.
didnt get to see the entire ad but basicly its saying go to carlow, carlow is great. anyone else see the ad?

wheres me jumpa

nope havent seen it. but its unusual for colleges to be advertising.

pyure

must be concerned about the number of students applying to carlow if they're willing to splash the cash for tv adverts

Stephen

They did this last year too afaik. A couple of ads on the likes of sky 1 ireland. I've heard loads of radio ads for DCU (i think, may have been DIT).

wheres me jumpa

yeah i have heard radio ads. but normally the only tv ads are like the one for a degree in pr!

are the numbers attending carlow falling?

Moonbeam

There have been plenty of ads on tele and radio for colleges atm,
College numbers in general are falling and the fact that the vacant places went up on the cao website before people even sat the lc reflects this.

Villain

IT Carlow have advertised on Sky for the last 3 years afaik.

Stephen

I believe this year's leaving cert had the lowest number of candidates in years, so naturally there will be fewer students competing for college places.

woodyg

the numbers attending carlow have been falling steeply since i started first year (2000) and they have been running a very aggresive add campaign to try and attract more students.

they have been directing the campaign at foreign and mature students cause the college gets more money from them.

The_B_Man

hmmmm that explains the dwindling female talent!

wheres me jumpa

woodyg wrote:

the numbers attending carlow have been falling steeply since i started first year

we have uncovered the problem!

Ruaidhri

i think the CAO system is a little f**ked this year..as fast as i know colleges are advertising free places for courses BEFORE the leaving cert started...

Moonbeam

I was there in 2000 too the college has seen a steady growth in student numbers during that time and apparently still is.

The fact that 1/2 the courses end up being aqa probably helps that too.

Redrocket

in the last college year only 30 people in total applied for a computing course in carlow.
16 of which were in the new computer games developement course.

the average before then for people in computing per year was roughly 120.

i think all the colleges ended up ringing each other and saying something along the lines of... hey we have no computer students this year, did they all go to you???? the answer was no they didnt come here.

so definately a decline.

strangely enough i only watch tv on a saturday or sunday morning, and its normally discovery channel. the odds were very low at me seeing an ad for carlow on irish tv.
thought someone else would have seen it long before me.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

we saw it here last week... payed feck all attention to the ad as it was on but then we heard "it carlow" and. .well.. i'm sure you all know the rest

Redrocket

OMFG where did that ad come from?

wheres me jumpa

i suppose all the usual crew are in it, i.e. the four people that are on every page of the prospectus this year! oh theyre playing sports, oh wait now their chemistry students, oh wait now their physiology students, oh no wait theyre actually studying media production!

The_B_Man

my new goal in life is to be in the prospectus

Redrocket

you mean you want to carlow famous? a brochure whóre
no thanks

The_B_Man

the chicks dig it!

TomTom

keep chaseing that rainbow

Dempsey

I think my face is in this years prospectus. Must get my hands on one to check it :P