In May 2017, Bangor became the fourth Welsh university to review its cost base with a view to making savings of £8.5m.[14] The university responded and introduced a number of cost saving measures including a reorganization of the structure of Colleges and Schools and the introduction of a voluntary severance scheme, and the numbers of compulsory redundancies was reduced from the initial estimate of 170.[15][16] In addressing its financial challenges, Bangor University also reorganised some subject areas in 2017, which involved introducing new ways of co-ordinating and delivering adult education and part-time degree programmes,[17] continuing to teach archaeology, but discontinuing the single honours course,[18] and working with Grwp Llandrillo Menai to validate the BA Fine Art degree.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]