Discover

'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.

Contents

History

Students

Campus

Degree days

Notable alumni

See also

References

External links

History

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'.

Students

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).

Campus

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.

Degree days

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.

Notable alumni

★ 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

See also

★ Elephant and Castle

★ London SE1

★ South Bank

References

1. Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06
2. http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/international/

External links

★ London South Bank University website