The decision by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) means it will not be taking any new entries for its youth and community work degree, a JNC-approved professional youth work qualification.
Janet Batsleer, a researcher at the university who helped develop the course, confirmed that cuts to youth services posts had been a factor in the move.
"The fact that local authority youth services have been culled by government policy is largely what lies behind the difficulty," she said.
"In the past there were [youth work] staff that were fully qualified and recognised. If you abolish those positions and only pay people at casual worker level there is going to be a problem of people getting posts following on from professional qualifications."
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