The College of Law has confirmed that it has launched a redundancy review, with 20 full-time roles at risk of being cut.

The college began the consultation last week (26 May), with the cuts set to affect tutor staff members. The redundancies come on the back of a staffing review which found that some of the college's eight centres were overstaffed, with others understaffed.

The college said that it hoped that most of the positions could be cut by staff opting to take voluntary redundancy, but that it could otherwise be necessary to make compulsory layoffs. It is also offering affected staff in overstaffed locations the opportunity to relocate to other understaffed locations.

The College of Law said in a statement: "The College is proud that we have grown market share in a challenging and changing market place, including creating jobs when opening new centres in Manchester and Bristol. However, the College must continually evolve with the market and reassess how we operate to ensure we continue to deliver the high level of service we offer to students and the firms we work with.

"We have begun a period of consultation with tutor staff members following a review of our teaching staffing needs and balance of teaching jobs across our eight centres. We hope that no compulsory redundancies will be necessary.

"This review, which covers all centres, will only affect a very limited number of staff and will strengthen the College's position as the leading provider of professional legal education and training in Europe."

The redundancy review is due to close at the end of next month (29 July).

The College has bases in Birmingham, Bristol, Chester, Guildford, London Bloomsbury, London Moorgate, Manchester and York.