London Metropolitan University (informally London Met) is a public university located in London, United Kingdom. It was established on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of the University of North London (formerly the Polytechnic of North London, established in 1896) and London Guildhall University (formerly the City Polytechnic, established in 1848). The University has campuses in the City of London and in the London Borough of Islington, with a museum, as well as archives and libraries. The Women's Library houses the Fawcett Society archives and other material on the history of feminism. The other collections are the TUC Library, the Irish Studies Collection and the Frederick Parker Collection.
In 2011, following a review of its undergraduate education provision which revealed that 80% of its students were on just 80 courses, London Met announced it would be slimming down its course offering. On 30 August 2012, the University's "highly-trusted status" with the UK Border Agency of the Home Office was revoked, revoking the University's right to sponsor new visa applications for non-EU/EEA foreign students, as well as revoking the existing visas of the University's pre-existing non-European foreign students, causing them to be excluded from the University, and compelling them to seek places with alternative institutions.
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