My Prospectus (0) Staff Students Courses About Applying International Contact + More London Metropolitan University About London Met Lab London Met Lab Clinics As part of our mission to give back to our city and our community, London Met has several University clinics that are open to the public, offering cost-effective or free services. Find out more below. About our clinics Art, Architecture and Design Projects Office Injury and Rehabilitation Clinic London Met Pro Bono Legal Advice Clinic Small Business Clinic Charities and Social Enterprise Clinic Play Video A message from Sophie Cloutterbuck, Director of London Engagement London Met Lab: Empowering London London is the greatest city in the world, but while Londoners enjoy some of the highest standards of living anywhere in the world for many others in the capital it is a different story. Through our civic network, we are on a mission to tackle the inequalities facing London, to improve people’s lives and to deliver social justice. Led by Sophie Cloutterbuck, Director of London Engagement, alongside our staff, students and partners, we are bringing our academic expertise to co-design solutions to the social challenges which disproportionately affect the communities that we serve. And we want to work with you. Our Challenge Champions are on hand to undertake research projects, provide practical support and share their expertise so that together, we can find new and innovative ways to respond to the needs of the city in six crucial areas. Read more about these areas below. Our Empowering London work-based learning module A new module has been developed to allow students to work intensively with a community project or organisation in order to identify, in partnership with them, a challenge they are faced with. Students will work towards positively addressing this challenge. This innovative module is an exciting opportunity to work at a grass-roots level to effect change. It is available at Level 5 (Intermediate) and Level 6 (Honours). The work-based learning module has been written and taught by academics to allow our students to learn about the challenge areas, including how to run clinics, undertake research and work placements in the community. Our partners We work with over 600 partner organisations, including local authorities, NHS Trusts, sports clubs, third sector organisations, higher education institutions and businesses. These include: The Greater London Authority Over 20 London Borough Councils including Islington Hackney and Tower Hamlets Council The Metropolitan Police North East London Social Work Teaching Partnership Youth Justice Board Small Businesses Charter Over 10 local NHS Trusts Partnering with us Reach out to discuss partnering with us to tackle the challenges facing our city and communities by emailing s.cloutterbuck@londonmet.ac.uk. Please include the name of your organisation, explain the challenges you face and any thoughts you have about how we can work together. Social media Follow the London Met Lab on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Focusing on... Crime London Met Lab Our researchers have spent years exploring the drivers and impacts of crime, in areas as diverse as knife crime and gang culture, to cybercrime and fraud. Discrimination London Met Lab We want to support communities where people of all backgrounds can thrive, where difference is respected and celebrated. Environment London Met Lab We want to work with you on innovative design and research projects to ensure that London becomes carbon neutral, has clean air and is at the forefront of urban greening. Health improvement London Met Lab We want to support the community to help ensure all Londoners get a fair opportunity to live a long, healthy life. Poverty and deprivation London Met Lab We want to work with our communities to support people into employment, reduce within-work poverty and improve London’s chronic problems around housing and homelessness. Social wealth London Met Lab We want to support organisations of all sizes through holistic organisational support to ensure everyone is treated fairly. Featured people and projects 1/4 Strategy spotlight: the power of local Professor Lynn Dobbs, Vice-Chancellor of London Met, explains why working locally is so important to the University's organisational mission. Staff spotlight: Vanessa Airth London Met's Head of Work-Based Learning, Policy and Practice discusses the determination of students to make positive change, and the importance of value-driven work. Why student engagement is the key to a civic university Sophie Cloutterbuck writes for the Civic University Network on the role London Met plays as a civic institution, which also gives students opportunities to become value-driven leaders. Celebrating the successes of London Met Lab and Centre for Equity & Inclusion An anniversary event was held to celebrate the first year of the University's major civic engagement initiative, the London Met Lab, and its sector-leading Centre for Equity & Inclusion Our locations We currently have three sites in Holloway, Aldgate and Shoreditch. 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