An adjustment period in August has been agreed and is under development. In a small number of cases, and applicant may achieve better results than required for the firm offer they have accepted and may therefore wish to reconsider their choice. So, from August 2009, applicants in such cases will, for a short time (5 calendar days), be able to look for an alternative course that has places available whilst still holding their original choice. It is estimated that from the 500,000 or so applying annually through UCAS, the number of applicants eligible for this process would be in the hundreds. Full details of this will be available nearer the time.