International Students Stay Safe During Recent Riots
For everyone sending a child to a London university, the past weeks have been tense. Amidst news of chaos and terror, parents were wondering how their children were holding up (and studying) in a city struck with riots and violence. But as peace and normality are beginning to regain control, no news of Metropolitan University students being affected by or involved in the chaos have emerged. Since rioters largely stayed away from homes instead attacking stores and official buildings, university life has continued as usual.
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One hundred kilometres away from Oxford’s dreaming spires lies London Metropolitan University in the heart of England’s capital city. London Metropolitan is a new university, formed in 2002 as an amalgamation of the University of North London and London Guildhall University. The transition was not a smooth one. In 2009 London Metropolitan University became embroiled in controversy when it became apparent that student intake data had been massaged and the university had claimed 56 million pounds in central government funding, to which they were not entitled.
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