More staff at the University of Kent are facing job losses as it looks to save millions of pounds.

People working at the university’s sites in Canterbury and Medway have been told they can apply for voluntary redundancy until Sunday, February 16.

In an update from interim vice-chancellor and president Georgina Randsley de Moura, staff are told the Uni of Kent is “way below its targets and projections” and the “picture doesn’t look set to improve”.

Ms Randsley de Moura added: “This is going to mean difficult changes to navigate this term to address a shortfall in income and adverse variance from our approved budget.”

She continues: “The first step in this will be offering options for any staff seeking to leaving Kent voluntarily.”

A guide sent to staff detailed how the university would use a redundancy calculator, but that people would get a lump sum of three months’ gross pay. However, there is a cap of either £95,000 or one year’s gross pay.

Anyone who has been accepted or not for the redundancy will find out their future after March 11 with leaving dates dependant on your role.

In June, KentOnline revealed the university was planning on introducing more redundancies, while several courses were told they’d be axed from the curriculum.

An email sent to staff, seen by the Times Higher Education, said Kent suffered from a shortfall in international recruitment, which was down by 16 per cent this year, and a “fundamental shift in competitiveness” for domestic students.

It added: “This has a knock-on effect on our income and while we had anticipated this and put measures in place to control costs, the impact of both reduced fee and associated income is far beyond what we can cover without taking steps to address the shortfall.”

A University of Kent spokesman said the scheme is aimed to support with “necessary” cost savings this years, the education outlet reports.

They added: “This is in response to a sector-wide fall in international recruitment across the UK, with increased competition for home students as a result.

“We remain on track with ambitious changes being introduced from September to better meet student and employer needs, including a revised curriculum, new academic year structure and increased employability and industry links built into our courses.”