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Courses to go under university cuts plan

A SCOTTISH university is at the centre of a storm over controversial proposals to axe a raft of courses.

CRITICAL: Student president Philip Whyte condemns the plan.
CRITICAL: Student president Philip Whyte condemns the plan.

Strathclyde University, in Glasgow, has drawn up plans to withdraw from degrees in music, community education, geography and sociology.

Up to 25 jobs could be lost under the proposals, which estimates suggest may save the university in the region of £750,000 as they are phased out.