University of Wolverhampton suspends student recruitment to 138 courses
Union bosses say they fear for the future of performing arts as the University of Wolverhampton suspended recruitment to courses.
The University of Wolverhampton is halting recruitment to 138 courses, across all of its campuses, for the next academic year.
Undergraduate and postgraduate courses from “across the university portfolio” are affected. Some of them are performing arts subjects, based at the Walsall campus. Others include some of the craft areas in the School of Arts, taught in the building near Molineux, and some course areas in the sciences.
Bosses say the Covid pandemic has increased its costs, while enrolments have been falling. The university is now embarking on a “robust recovery action plan” which is understood to have included an internal cost-saving exercise.
Staff are also being offered voluntary severance payments under a “mutually agreed resignation scheme”.
The university’s interim vice-chancellor, Professor Ian Campbell, said: “We have been assessing subject areas using information such as enrolment and application data. This evidence-based review means we are looking to consolidate some areas and are suspending recruitment of new students on some courses.
