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London Met Climbs 60 places in 2024 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index

The university sits just outside Top 100 for all organisations and has also been given a Silver Award for its work to support LGBTQIA+ staff.

London Met wins award for best research collaboration at London Higher Awards 2024

The awards programme has been rolled out to celebrate outstanding achievements in the HE sector

Professor Julie Hall speaks at prestigious European education summit

London Met maintains excellent standing in the National Student Survey

Abigail Jeffries wins Big Writing Challenge 2024 for "City of the Styx"

Abigail Jeffries from St. Bernard’s School in Slough has been announced as the winner of the Big Writing Challenge 2024 for her story "City of the Styx".

London Met joins tens of thousands marching in Pride parade

London Met staff and students, alongside LGBTQIA+ groups and allies, joined forces with marchers and spectators in celebrating Pride in London.

Event: State of the Nation in Film and Television

A one-day conference exploring how film and television represent modern society.

Professor Julie Hall appointed as next Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University

Currently serving as Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost at London Met, Julie will succeed Professor Lynn Dobbs upon her retirement.

Alt-Natives win big at 12th annual London Met Magazine Awards

London Met and The Love Tank team up to launch new multilingual HIV PrEP resources

Essential sexual health resources have been translated in six other languages by London Met students to support wider distribution

London Met Journalism Diversity Network: “Learning how to love myself more”

Work placements at prestigious media outlets secured through network initiative founded by London Met professor

London Met academic wins the 2023-2024 BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Scheme

British Academy awards Senior Lecturer funding or upcoming project, examining orphanage trafficking in Nepal

Fabric of Freedom: Empowering Ukrainian refugee designers

Fabric of Freedom, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at supporting Ukrainian refugee fashion designers finding sanctuary in London, held its inaugural fashion show in April

Announcing London Met's 2024 Big Idea Challenge Winners

Find out the winners of Big Idea Challenge 2024

Winners of London Met's Big Idea Challenge announced at 12th annual enterprise competition awards.

London Met’s Big Idea challenge celebrates young entrepreneurs

Student teams from across the capital gathered in the University’s Great Hall for part two of the prestigious annual awards, one of the biggest of its kind in London.

Expert comment: A new chapter for international students – a welcome shift in government policy

Professor Julie Hall, incoming Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University, responds to the Secretary of State for Education's recent positive speech on international students

Pride Month remains a landmark but more support is needed

Helton Levy explores how Pride Month faces challenges from global conflicts and 'pinkwashing,' prompting calls for intersectional solidarity while celebrating LGBTQIA+ achievements.

Students aren't all superhuman – that's why means-tested grants must return

Associate professor in journalism, Wendy Sloane's letter to the Editor of the Guardian.

Government's new laughing gas ban attracts controversy

Dr James Morgan, course leader for Criminology and Psychopathology MSc, discusses the efficacy of the Home Office’s new laws on nitrous oxide.

US-Mexico Border Migrant Crisis: If you don't pay, you don't pass.

Reader in Sociology Dr María López discusses the recent fire in Ciudad Juarez and the added threat of institutional violence facing migrants.

Expert comment: Is the 'warm welcome' for Afghan evacuees cooling down?

London Met academics Louise Ryan, Maria Lopez and Alessia Dalceggio react to the government's plan to end hotel accommodation for Aghan refugees.

The curiously short lifespan of housing ministers

Patrick Mulrenan, Associate Professor of Learning in the Social Work, Youth and Community subject area at London Met, questions why housing is such a low priority for the government.

Where Russians get their news

Wendy Sloane, Associate Professor of Journalism at London Met, discusses where Russians get their news in a new article published in the British Journalism Review.

Who will be the next safe pair of hands?

Andrew Moran, Head of Criminology, Sociology, Politics and International Relations, looks back on the recent political upheaval in the UK.

Autocracy as a curse

London Met sociologist Svetlana Stephenson discusses how Putin, once an inconspicuous St. Petersburg official, turned into Shakespeare's Richard III in 20 years.

The Disappearing Nuclear Taboo

Dr Shahin Malik, course leader for the International Relations MA, explores the potential nuclear threat in the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Trump and the FBI

Head of International Relations, Andrew Moran comments on the recent FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s residence and its potential consequences.

The Cost-of-Living Crisis: what, why, and what next

Dr Nirmala Lee, Associate Professor and Head of Subject for Accounting, Banking and Finance, comments on the current cost of living crisis.

Homeless people feel the heat

Course leader for the Community Development and Leadership BSc, Patrick Mulrenan comments on the effects the current heatwave is having on unhoused and temporarily housed people.

A populist PM and a constitutional crisis

Dr Peter Laugharne reflects on the end of Boris Johnson's time as Prime Minister and the parallels with David Lloyd George, another populist who was mired in scandal.