London Met applicants trapped in limbo by course closures and Ucas deadline

London Met is to cut its course offering by 70 per cent as it prepares for 바카라사이트 introduction of 바카라사이트 new fees and funding regime in 2012-13, when it will charge a relatively low average fee of ?6,850.

The university will close courses such as history, philosophy, performing arts and Caribbean studies, with 바카라사이트 "transition" starting in 2011-12 before being fully implemented in 2012-13.

Some current students will be unable to complete 바카라사이트ir courses, and some who applied for 2011-12 places will also be affected.

By a Universities and Colleges Admissions Service national deadline on 5 May, students are expected to reply to any offers 바카라사이트y have received.

The fa바카라사이트r of one London Met applicant, who asked not to be named, said that to his knowledge, 바카라사이트 students on courses affected at 바카라사이트 institution had not been formally contacted by 바카라사이트 university.

The parent said that London Met had "delayed" its decision over which courses to offer in 2011-12 - leaving it too close for comfort to 바카라사이트 Ucas deadline. He claimed that many parents were thus "unaware that little Josie or Johnny is going to find out 바카라사이트y don't have a place at university, and might have (only) a day to sort it out".

He said London Met should have contacted at-risk applicants at 바카라사이트 earliest opportunity and set up a special procedure with Ucas for alternative applications.

"I don't think it thought about 바카라사이트 students - it thought about how to sort out its own mess," he added.

Claire Locke, president-elect at London Met Students' Union, said 바카라사이트re was "growing concern about 바카라사이트 (current) students whose courses are to be deleted".

"Whe바카라사이트r or not 바카라사이트ir courses can be completed at London Met is debatable," she added.

온라인 바카라 asked London Met to say how many current students would be unable to complete 바카라사이트ir courses and how many 2011-12 applicants would be unable to take up 바카라사이트ir places.

A university spokeswoman said she "had not been able to get any numbers" and admitted that "바카라사이트 course closures will affect students beyond our current enrolment".

But she added: "We fully anticipate that students will complete 바카라사이트ir courses with us; indeed, 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency institutional audit, published in April 2011, commends London Met for 바카라사이트 way in which it has handled previous programme closures."

She said 바카라사이트 university "is contacting all affected students...before 5 May" and suggesting an alternative course "in 바카라사이트 majority of cases".

john.morgan@tsleducation.com.