A crowd of students and staff of the London Metropolitan University followed a call to demonstrate this afternoon outside the University's Moorgate building during the Board of Governors annual general meeting. Staff and students protested against the plans to close up to 70% of Arts & Humanities undergraduate courses, even though these are very popular. For example, the Performing Arts degree which faces closure receives 300-400 applicants a year and accepts 60. The  damaging plans also involve cutting Student Support Services, as well as mass job cuts and increase the class sizes.

What is happening at London Met it is a sign of what it is to come to other UK universities and in all our public services: mass privatisation. Here there are some pics of today's lobby:

This demonstration followed a week of occupation at the London Met's building in Holloway Road. For more information see:

• Met University Occupied Again
• Met occupation evicted by Police midnight raid
• We Are London Met blog