The University of Lincoln has announced it is to reduce it’s student numbers by 700 because of funding cuts.
The 11% cuts are, according to officials, on instruction from the government, which funds the student loans system.
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Scott Davidson, said the reductions were part of government plans to offer cheaper tuition fees with other providers.
However, the University of Lincoln plans to charge the maximum annual tuition fees of £9,000 from 2012.
The University of Lincoln has announced it is to reduce it’s student numbers by 700 because of funding cuts.
Mr Davidson said: “We’ve got a government plan to drive down tuition fees by taking 20,000 students from the universities and redistributing them across further education colleges and lower cost university providers.”
Prospective university student, Daryl Johnson is worried about the cuts.
“University places are competitive enough, what with the rising student fees and terrible state of the economy; I’d been set on going to Lincoln for some time but I know this will just make it harder.”
However, some current students feel that the cuts are not necessarily a bad thing.
Damola Adanegha, 20, a criminology student at the university, said: “I think the cuts are needed. Last year there was an accommodation crisis here, with students living in temporary cabins for months. Lincoln just isn’t big enough for more students.”
Dan Derricott of the student’s union warned last year that the plan to charge maximum tuition fee would deter students away from the university, however now it seems that won’t be the university’s biggest issue in bringing in new students as now the cuts will.