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London South Bank University
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| Established | 1892 |
| Chancellor: | Trevor McDonald |
| Vice-Chancellor: | Deian Hopkin |
| Staff: | 1,700 |
| Students: | 23,200 [1] |
| Undergraduates: | 16,580 [1] |
| Postgraduates: | 5,205 [1] |
| Other students: | 1,420 FE[1] |
| Location | Southwark, London, England, UK |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/ |
London South Bank University is one of the oldest universities in central London with over 23,000 students and 1,700 staff based in the London Borough of Southwark. The Chancellor is the newscaster Sir Trevor McDonald and the Vice-Chancellor is the historian Professor Deian Hopkin.
The university has four faculties covering health and social care; business and computing; arts and humanities and engineering and the built environment. Many courses hold national accreditation. It hosts the oldest bakery school in the world, the National Bakery School, founded in 1894.
Its most celebrated teacher was the British painter David Bomberg (1890-1957), now recognised as one of the greatest British artists of the last century, who taught painting and drawing part-time at the Borough Polytechnic between 1945 and 1953 and took part in exhibitions with his students organised in the Borough Group (1946-51) and the Borough Bottega (1953-55). Major paintings by Bomberg were acquired by the Tate Gallery only after his death. The university's hall of residence, David Bomberg House, carries his name.
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Opening as the Borough Polytechnic Institute in 1892, with a remit to educate the local community in a range of practical skills, it became the Polytechnic of the South Bank in 1971. Then in 1989 changed again to South Bank Polytechnic, becoming one of the Conservative government's new universities in 1992 calling itself South Bank University. In 2003, it made one final change to become London South Bank University. This is London South Bank University
A third of the University's United Kingdom students are from the London Borough of Southwark, a third from the rest of Greater London and the remaining third from the rest of the UK. The University serves over 3,000 EU and international students from more than 120 different countries.[2] 56% of the student population are from ethnic minorities and a large proportion of the students are classified as mature (over 21 when they start their course).
The main campus is located in Southwark, south east of Waterloo, south west of London Bridge and north of Elephant and Castle tube and rail stations. The site is about 5 minutes walk from London's South Bank. To the north of the campus is Borough Road, where the main entrance is located, to the west is London Road and to the east is Southwark Bridge Road. At the northeast corner is St George's Circus.
There are two smaller campuses in East London; at Whipps Cross Hospital in the London Borough of Waltham Forest (LSBU at Whipps Cross) and the Havering Campus (LSBU at Havering), diagonally opposite the Harold Wood train station.
The University uses the local St George's Cathedral for its degree day ceremonies, with receptions afterwards in the grounds of the Imperial War Museum. Southwark Cathedral is used for honorary degree day ceremonies, often with a reception at the Glaziers Hall next to London Bridge.
- David Adjaye
- Shaun Bailey
- Anton Balasingham
- Edd China
- Jimeoin
- Norma Major
- Zacarias Moussaoui
- Umer Rashid
- Joan Ryan
- Greg Searle
- Enoch Showunmi - footballer for Bristol City
- Phil Spencer
- Louise Woodward
- Russell Lissack - guitarist for Indie band Bloc Party
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