It was the latest boost for the university, which was this year allocated a massive rise in its research grants from a paltry £1,122 to a far more respectable £402,779, representing a 35,800% year-on-year rise.
Its allocation for teaching has also gone up 9% to £24.6m, among the biggest rises in the UK.
Its overall allocation has shot up by 11% to £25.5m.
The university, which now has more than 23,000 students, said the additional funding was a reward for increasing vocational education and providing for students from all backgrounds.
News of the extra places, which will come into force from September, came as Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, used the last day of the union’s annual conference in Liverpool last week to claim “control freakery” was taking over the profession.
She said schools were now “flea-ridden – bitten by armies of advisers and inspectors.”
