London – UCU London Metropolitan University strike
London Met management has announced 120 academic redundancies, one fifth of the permanent academic workforce.
This is a major attack on jobs, students, and working-class education, and it demands a collective response across UCU. London Met was founded to educate those excluded elsewhere: working-class students, mature learners, migrants, carers, disabled students, and first-generation students. Cutting 120 academic posts is not “restructuring” — it is the systematic dismantling of a public, inclusive university. These proposals will mean larger classes, reduced student support, loss of access routes, and the erosion of disciplines that serve London’s communities. If this can happen here, it can happen anywhere.
We are asking for solidarity from across UCU.