Councillors were informed that by 2019/20, the target for student numbers across both the Penryn and Falmouth campuses is 8,628 which is an increase of 2,296 on the confirmed numbers for 2015/16. Under the universities’ planning consent for the Penryn campus there is a cap of 5,000 students and as that has almost been reached, they will soon be applying to raise that to 7,500.

Read the article in the Falmouth Packet