It has also begun consultation on a complete overhaul of the college, which proposes to change its structure from four schools to two faculties.

Sue Pandit, dean of the School of Printing & Publishing is leaving at the end of June, a decision she said wasn't linked to the other events.

"Everyone is behind the review, there is a need to restructure, it hasn't been done for years," said Pandit.

This year's foundation degree and MA in print media management will not be run at the iconic Elephant and Castle site of what was, until it rebranded in 1994, the London College of Printing.

Head of the college Sandra Kemp told PrintWeek that there was no connection between the decision not to run the printing courses this year and the consultation process.

Kemp, who assumed her current role on 1 December 2008, inherited a £1.3m deficit and subsequently Nigel Carrington Rector of the University of Arts London, of which LCC is part, has asked for 4% spending cuts across the board.

 "We can't run courses without students," said Kemp. "We're committed to print, but you've got to be realistic and we couldn't run at a loss and add to our deficit."

The decision not to run the courses was taken on the 12 May. As a result they are not listed on the UCAS website.

The consultation about the structure of the college began on 27 May. The first stage, which will report on the 22 June, will consider disbanding the school of creative enterprise. Later this year the college will consider how the three remaining schools, Printing & Publishing, Graphic Design, and Media, can be integrated into two faculties: media and design.

Kemp said that the changes reflected the need for more "traffic across disciplines" to meet the needs of students and industry in the 21st century.

"Print is in the bloodstream of the college. We need to turn things around to make people queue up to take the courses."

The proposals for LCC include significant cuts in senior management across the quality assurance and marketing, and resources development departments, with roles integrated with academics in the faculties.

LCC's decision not to run its print-related higher education courses this year is a further blow to print training following closure of Plymouth College of Art's print department in 2007.