As you know the current library hours in Londonmet is only from 9am to 9pm and few hours on Saturday and Sunday (Only on Holloway Road). As a result, students don’t really get the best out of their library especially the part time and mature students (which is half of the student population) those who can only study in the evening after their lecture or class. Also the number of international students is massive in Londonmet, a lot of who don’t have the study environment at home (Hostel, rented accommodation) As a result of this students miss their valuable time doing nothing and when the exam and course work deadlines come they struggle a lot because a lot of them don’t have Internet connection at home or the required textbook is only available in the library. Because of these a lot of students fail or don’t achieve their expected grade and some end up with the allegation of plagarism as they forget to reference their work or just copy and paste from internet at the last moment of library hours when asked to leave by the librarians. It is more painful to know that other universities in the same region (Queen Mary and East London) have library hours, which is more student friendly. East London has a 24 hours library and IT facilities and also long weekend openings. Whereas Queen Mary library is open till 12pm and also long weekends. The students on those universities pay nearly the same fees students pay in Londonmet and therefore students in Londonmet deserve a better service, i.e. the longer library hours The Students’ Union, which is your united voice, is seriously looking at the matter and lobbying on be half of you to the University for a longer library hours. So, please, please show your support by agreeing with this petition and letting the authority know that you deserve something better in return for your huge tuition fees.
