Struggling Luton cuts key study and 98 posts

Almost 100 posts are to be cut at Luton University as part of a radical survival plan.

The university, which is facing the clawback of funds after a 10 per cent student recruitment shortfall this year, is to drop key subject areas, including history, politics and English, in an attempt to reposition itself and to cash in on more popular vocational subjects.

A spokeswoman said that while 98 posts were to go, the number of actual redundancies was likely to be far fewer.