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London Met Lab retweeted
Everything starts with a dream. In North London, a dream came to be with a two-wall mural, to inspire young people to turn their dreams into reality.
"Learn to dream": an initiative we developed with @Arsenal and @LondonMetUni.
Together we can drive change.
#BlendForBetter
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Our latest 60 Second interview is with Dr Jane Lewis from @LondonMetUni to explore how addressing racial and social justice sits at the heart of their mission.
Read the interview below 👇
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Our Black history walk in London highlights places that celebrate Black history, culture and people and can be visited 365 days of the year.
Here's a teaser...catch the full walk-along on our YouTube channel!
#BlackHistory365
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Like the rest of London, our students, staff and graduates come from all kinds of backgrounds. Each of them belongs here and uniquely contributes to our community and the city around them.
They are... #TheRealLondon.
This is... #TheRealLondon.
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Fantastic to launch our pan London global majority mentoring programme, in partnership with @Minervasearch
Developing talent & widening opportunities is essential if we are to achieve our potential, across individual organisations and society as a whole
londonhigher.ac.uk/news/lond…
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Day 5 #LondonMetUni #GreenWeek2022: Green/Blue Ways. "I'm inspired to explore the wider region, with its landscape shaped by beavers to control flooding. I'll take the slow ways for pedestrians, cyclists, canoeists + wildlife that connect the city to the wilder landscapes beyond"
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Day 4 #LondonMetUni #GreenWeek2022: Wild Belt Trail. "On the Wild Belt trail that now encircles the city, I spotted wolf + lynx from its habitat towers."
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#LondonMetUni #GreenWeek2022 Day 3: Wild Play Streets. "Wild play streets have replaced suburban car parking, so kids can discover storks + other fauna on their doorstep."
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#LondonMetGreenWeek Day 2: Tiny Forest Squares. "Concrete squares have become tiny forests, bringing shade from our hotter climate + sheltering red squirrels."
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#LondonMetGreenWeek Day 1: Pocket Parks. "City retail and office plots, emptied by increased home-working, are now pocket parks lined with green walls, buzzing with bees."
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A good thing happening today. Students and staff of #LdnMetArts @londonmetuni busy planting 420 trees @mudchute to create a new hedgerow and promote sustainable design. Wonderful initiative led by Sian Moxon of @rewildmystreet #architecturedeclares xitter.cf/LdnMetArts/status/1494…
Next week! Our students are back out in the field (literally) promoting sustainable design by planting 420 trees @mudchute Saplings via @WoodlandTrust Free Trees for Schools & Communities scheme. Project led by Sian Moxon #architecturedeclares #LdnMetArts londonmet.ac.uk/news/article…
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Join us for talk 3 in @LondonMetLab's #EcologicalDialogues series on Wednesday 16 February at 5.30pm: @fionafrench and Rosemarie McGoldrick will be in discussion on the theme of 'Between Animal/Tech/Human'. @LdnMetArts @MetEcologies @SCDMLondonMet
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Loved meeting the next generation of urban rewilders. Keep up the amazing work & tell us how it goes. What would you like @LondonNPC to look like when you grow up? @LondonMetLab @LdnMetArts
Year 1 followed up @TheCrick with an inspirational conversation with @rewildmystreet #STEAM #creaturefeature
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Very excited about working with #CLIOH @LondonMetUni & @LondonMetLab to research, collect, preserve & share many important struggle #oralhistories #testimonies #memories #diversevoices #heritage
Our Centre for Life Writing and Oral History has partnered with The Liliesleaf Trust UK so we can contribute to creating the Anti-Apartheid Legacy: Centre of Memory and Learning @PentonStreetCML!
👉 ldnmet.ac/PSyh50HCk37
ALT A group of writing students sit in discussion
London Met Lab retweeted
Today marks handing over the baton from @em_saidwhat to Sophie Cloutterbuck @LondonMetLab as Chair of #LHCivicNetwork. Many exciting plans for upcoming network meetings, including how #LondonHE contributes to the #LevellingUp agenda (Universities of Somewhere 👇🏻!) #LHNetworks
'Can universities that have spent the past decade focused on success in global markets for students and research funding reinvent themselves as agents of local social and economic transformation?'
Realising the Civic University hepi.ac.uk/2022/02/03/realis… @MikeBoxall1 @Ian_Matthias
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📅18th January event:
The 3rd in our @civicuniversity Network Showcase series will feature case studies from East London and Greater Manchester universities @QMUL @UEL_News @LondonMetUni @OfficialUoM @ManMetUni @SalfordUni 🏙️#TrulyCivic
Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/civic-uni…
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Great news- The @ForestryComm has selected HomeGrownHouse, our research project in collaboration with
@GrowninBritain, The Birling Estate &
Wood-Mizer as one of two Woods Management Innovation Fund Case Studies on their government blog:
forestrycommission.blog.gov.… #growninbritain
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Our Inclusion Calendar is live on our website: londonmet.ac.uk/about/equity…. @LondonMetUni we strive to build an inclusive community; encouraging diversity, respect and equity. Our calendar is testament to this, celebrating our many cultures, faiths and beliefs.
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Niamh Arklie graduated from our Furniture and Product Design BA and talks about her time at the University.
Congratulations Niamh!
#LondonMetGrad