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‘Devastating and heartbreaking’: University of Wolverhampton stops recruiting students for all performing arts courses

Current students will be able to complete their qualifications, but there will be no student intake in performing arts courses at the University of Wolverhampton in September.
The theatre at the University of Wolverhampton
The theatre at the University of Wolverhampton - Flickr / University of Wolverhampton

Due to ‘decline in demand’, recruitment for all performing arts courses at the University of Wolverhampton has been suspended.

138 undergraduate and postgraduate courses will be impacted from September, including those from the School of Performing Arts (SOPA) in acting, dance, musical theatre, audio technology and digital production arts.

The University of Wolverhampton said in a statement: ‘The decline in demand nationally and regionally means that some courses are unfortunately not feasible for September 2022 recruitment because of the very small number of students that have applied, and we now need to work on what a sustainable arts offer looks like.’

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