I teach every now and then MCC in a FTO in Rome (Alitalia), and believe me, i am submerged by requests of guys wanting me to give them a sim preparation for the ryanair assessment. They were all refused last year by CAE and SAS channels. Now with the new Oxford deal, the requirements are lower perhaps, that is what i experienced.
That means they need more cadets now that they COULD find...so they are opening up the valves for more to come in, but this guys are all 2 years unemployed..more and more cadets turn to Easy (personal experience of a friend that got offered both and choosed Easy via Oxford) or to ATC training (lots of openings now) so you should focus on this lack of BIBBLICAL number of cadets, and use it for better T e C.
Those are my 2 cents
....a cadet is not a captain next summer! and summer is near.