Thursday 2 July 2009

MP calls on Mandelson to shield London Met 'innocents' from crisis (THES)

MP calls on Mandelson to shield London Met 'innocents' from crisis

2 July 2009

Parliamentary motion demands protection for students and staff. Melanie Newman reports

An MP has called for "innocent students and staff" to be protected from cuts at London Metropolitan University, which is embroiled in an ongoing funding crisis.

Jeremy Corbyn, Labour MP for Islington North, has tabled a parliamentary motion demanding that Lord Mandelson, the First Secretary, intervene "to protect the university and innocent students and staff from the funding row".


Read the rest here and to get your MP to sign the new EDM, go here.

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