Uni cut 200 jobs when income fell

BUT NOTTINGHAM TRENT SAYS STUDENT NUMBERS ARE ON THE RISE AGAIN

- By JOSHUA HARTLEY

NOTTINGHAM Trent University cut more than 200 jobs as shrinking student numbers fuelled a more than £35 million drop in its income.

The university has revealed that it made tens of millions of pounds less than usual in the 2024/25 financial year, due to a significant fall in student fees.

NTU brought in £398.7 million in the year up to July 31, according to newly published financial statements, compared to £434.5 million the year before and £433.9 million the year before that.

This resulted in the city university falling to a £2 million deficit the first time it has gone into the red since 2019 - after what its statements described as a “period of consistent annual growth”.

Its income, 82 per cent of which comes from tuition fees, had dropped 8.2 per cent.

The financial records also revealed the university has cut more jobs to cope with the pressures facing the UK's higher education sector.

Staff numbers were reduced from 4,508 to 4,304 from 2024 to 2025, with these cuts focused on academics and support workers.