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Islington Tribune - NEWS
Published: 23 January 2009
 
500 JOBS AXED AS CASH CRISIS HITS CAMPUS

Union voices fears for future of university reeling from £18m cut

LONDON Met University is to become Islington’s biggest victim of the recession so far with up to 500 redundancies announced this week.
Shocked staff have been told that job los ses will be made equally between academic, administrative and support staff over a year following an £18million cut in the univer sity’s government funding.
Islington North Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn is seeking urgent talks with higher education minister David Lammy amid claims by union officials of “financial mismanagement”.
Mr Corbyn said: “I will be seeking to save jobs as well as receive a commitment for the future of the university.”
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