Staff and parents were told by the university in the summer that it could no longer afford to keep open its two London nurseries in Marylebone and Harrow and they would have to close in September (News, 23 July).
Eight staff would be made redundant and 40 children forced to find other childcare facilities.
Parents and staff mounted a campaign supported by Unison and the University and College Union, collecting more than 1,000 signatures.
Managers at the university agreed to reconsider and gave the nurseries a temporary reprieve.
Jackie Haynes, nursery manager at the Harrow setting, said, 'I and the other manager, Teresa Lorenzo, are meeting with the registrar and the managers on 30 October to put forward our business plan, with our reasons on why the nurseries should stay open. They are making their decision on 2 November.
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