London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public research university in London, England. The University of North London (formerly the Polytechnic of North London) and London Guildhall University (formerly the City of London Polytechnic) merged in 2002 to create the university. The University's roots go back to 1848. The university has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington, a museum, archives and libraries. Special collections include the TUC Library, the Irish Studies Collection and the Frederick Parker Collection.At London Met, we invest in you. The University boasts state-of-the-art learning, library, and IT facilities where you can hone your skills – from a mock courtroom, purpose-built art, design, and recording studios to a £100,000 journalism newsroom and our £30 million Science Centre, which is one of the largest science teaching labs in Europe. London Metropolitan University is a London Living Wage employer and as a London Met student, you can take advantage of our in-house temping agency, Met Temps, where all relevant work opportunities on campus are offered to our students first. These are paid part-time or project-based vacancies around the University. Students studying in any of our schools have access to all our communal facilities (such as libraries, social spaces, cafés and eateries), and each school also has areas of expertise which might mean you use specialist resources as part of your course. Our schools have links to relevant businesses in sectors related to their specialist subject areas, and the schools are also hotbeds of research undertaken by University academics and PhD students.We also offer you fantastic support services. At London Met, we put our students at the centre of all we do. We can help you with accommodation, funding and general career advice. We also offer disability and dyslexia support and an on-site counselling service. Our support services are designed to ensure that you receive all the guidance you can during your time with us. In addition, we have school offices at each of our campuses. This is the first place to go with any questions or queries you may have about your studies or time at University.Our key statisticsWe had a total of 9,250 UK-based higher education students in 2019–20, of which:82% were studying full-time / 18% were studying part-time128 distinct nationalities were represented14% had a known disability80% were undergraduate / 20% were postgraduate64% were from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgroundThe University's Transparency Return, which includes in 2019–20 data on the number of students who attained a particular degree or other academic award, or a particular level of such an award, is also available.Facing new challenges togetherThe London Met community is facing many challenges, from Brexit to climate change to Covid-19. But we’re unified in our support for our students, our staff and our community, whether that means retraining staff and students with the help of our Centre for Equity and Inclusion, looking to the future with our digital education plans, donating safety equipment to our local hospital or helping our Nepalese partner college students get back on their feet after an earthquake.
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