FUTURE OF LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

That this House notes the independent report by Sir David Melville CBE on the situation at London Metropolitan University (LMU) and agrees with his assessment that the level of clawback expected from the university is `off the scale'; further agrees that there was a fundamental failure of management and governance at the institution and a continual dismissal of known funding rules by those in charge which led to misreporting of student figures; further notes that because of the inaccurate reporting hundreds of jobs have been lost, more are at risk and educational opportunities for students, many of them non-traditional students, including some of the most disadvantaged in the capital, have been put at risk; and calls for those responsible for scrutiny and oversight at the institution to consider their positions at LMU, on Higher Education Funding Council for England to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to ensure a stable future for LMU under new leadership, with proper scrutiny, on the Government to secure that there are proper measures in place to safeguard public funds and the education of students at LMU and across the country and on all institutions to consider the points made by Sir David and to institute proper and thorough governance throughout the sector.