Lampeter’s mayor has described likely job cuts at the town’s university as a worrying time for staff and the wider community.

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has confirmed it is looking at 110 potential job cuts and that it has nearly completed a process to save £6.5m.

The disclosure comes amid fresh reports of financial uncertainty after the Cambrian News revealed in April that the university’s Lampeter campus was looking to attract more students from China and the Far East to help safeguard its future.

Responding to reports that latest accounts showed the university might not have enough cash to continue as a going concern if some key sources of income did not materialise, a spokesperson maintained that its future was “not uncertain” and that UWTSD had acted to secure its “resilience”.

The university has received 94 applications for voluntary redundancy and was looking at 16 compulsory redundancies, but said it was working with staff and unions to reduce the need for compulsory redundancies.

Based across three locations at Lampeter, Carmarthen and Swansea, UWTSD employs 1,500 people and had more than 10,000 students in 2017/18.

Town mayor Cllr Rob Phillips said: “Like most people in Lampeter, I know some of the people who have been personally affected by the restructuring. It’s a worrying time for them as well as for the wider community as the university is a major employer in the town.

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