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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.

Digital transformation at London Met

London Met's Director of Digital Transformation, Will Hopson-Hill, reflects on everything that's been acheived so far.

EVENT: From EU enlargement to Brexit and Beyond: 20 years of migration & research

Staff, students and guests are welcome to attend this landmark one-day symposium on 1 May 2024 at the University’s Holloway campus

FACE appoints London Met Deputy Vice-Chancellor as external strategy advisor

Professor Julie Hall announces her involvement with FACE, not-for profit aiming to embed culture and diverse perspectives into the curriculum

London Met launches t-shirt design competition for Pride in London 2024

London Met calls for imaginative t-shirt designs to celebrate Pride 2024 this summer

London Met experts discuss the coordination efforts in biosecurity education

London Metropolitan University’s Biological Security Research Centre hosted high-profile workshop

Interview: Professor Marcia Wilson

London Met's Pro Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience talks strategy, equity, and the power of mentorship

London Met Labs hosts two impactful public engagement events with local stakeholders

The University’s London Met Labs team partnered with local advocacy groups and stakeholders to present two events aimed at uplifting and supporting local communities.

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.

The Caretaker Prime Minister

Professor Andrew Moran, Head of Criminology, Sociology, Politics and International Relations at London Met explores Boris Johnson's next steps.