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Birkbeck, University of London was founded nearly 200 years ago, in 1823. The London Mechanics’ Institute was founded in the Crown and Anchor tavern on London’s famous Strand in order to bring better educational opportunities to the city’s common people. Artisans and craftspeople were given access to courses including art, economics and the sciences, something […]
Bishop Grosseteste University got its start in 1862, as a teacher training college for women. Located in Lincoln and closely aligned to the Anglican Church. It was soon renamed the Lincoln Diocesan Training College. The school was renamed the Bishop Grosseteste College in 1962, to mark its centenary. The name comes from Robert Grosseteste, a […]
The School of Oriental and African Studies was founded in 1916 as the School of Oriental Studies. It took its current name in 1938 and moved to its new campus in 1941. Its iconic library was built in 1973. The university continues to expand slowly, maintaining itself as one of the premier centres for Asian […]
Middlesex University London was founded in 1878 as St Katherine’s College, dedicated to training teachers to a professional level. Future partner the Hornsey College of Art was founded in 1882 as well as the Ponders End Technical Institute in 1901. These schools combined to become Middlesex Polytechnic in 1973, adding also The Enfield and Hendon […]
Buckinghamshire New University was founded back in 1891, then called the School of Science and Art. At the time it mostly provided evening classes to High Wycombe students. In the years following the First World War, it took the name of the Wycombe Technical Institute, and provided craft-based education for injured veterans. The school’s mission […]
University of the Arts London’s nearly 200 years of history and traditions make it what it is today. UAL got its start as seven separate institutions: The London College of Fashion, the College for the Distributive Trades, the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, the Central School of Art and Design, the London College of […]
The University of reading was first given the Royal Charter in 1926, and is already planning for its 100th anniversary. Reading was the only university to be honoured with a royal charter between World War 1 and World War 2. Before taking the name ‘University of Reading, though, it was an extension College of the […]
Newcastle University has been through quite a few names in its long history. It began as two separate institutions, Armstrong College which was founded in 1871 and the School of Medicine and Surgery which was founded in 1834, both in Newcastle upon Tyne, of course. Collectively, these schools were a division of the University of […]