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The London Metropolitan University, located in London, England, was formed on 1 August 2002 by the amalgamation of London Guildhall University and the University of North London. The University is based in inner London with a campus in the City of London and a second campus in Islington next to Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.
The University, with one of the highest student numbers amongst London universities,[citation needed] operates its own archives, libraries and museum. The Women's Library, which houses the archives of the Fawcett Society, and other material on the history of feminism. The other collections are the TUC Library,the Irish Studies Collection and The Frederick Parker Collection.
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Roehampton University is a campus university situated on three major sites at Roehampton in south-west London, in the United Kingdom. The listed buildings stand in grounds close to Richmond Park and Putney, with central London a few miles away. |
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The Royal College of Music is a conservatoire located in the South Kensington district of London, England, and historically one of the most influential music institutions in Europe. Since its founding, a number of professors and alumni of the RCM have played significant roles in shaping the history and development of Western classical music in the 20th and 21st centuries. |
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University College London (UCL) is a university institution and constituent college of the University of London based primarily in London, England, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1826, as London University, and was the first university institution to be founded in London, the first British university to be established on an entirely secular basis, and the first British university to admit students regardless of their race, class, religion and gender. |
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The University of East London (UEL) is a British New University based on two campuses in East London. Founded in 1970 as North East London Polytechnic, UEL was formed from a merger of higher education colleges, including West Ham Technical Institute, in Stratford, and South East Essex Technical College in Barking. The Polytechnic changed its name in 1989, becoming the Polytechnic of East London, and was granted university status in 1992. |
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The University of Greenwich is a "modern university" (post 1992) located in the London Borough of Greenwich.
The main campus is the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College: the centre piece of the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site. The University has a 150 year lease on parts of three of the four Royal Courts. Situated on the south side of the river Thames in central Greenwich it is near London's financial centre Canary Wharf. The Univeristy shares a campuses campus located at the Medway and has another at Avery Hill in Eltham South East London.
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Birkbeck, University of London, sometimes referred to by its former (and still legal) name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a constituent college of the University of London. At the undergraduate level, it aims at working people who want to study for degrees in the evenings (adult education). At the postgraduate level, it offers many Master's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is in the evening. It also admits full-time (as well as part-time) students for PhDs. Its staff members have diverse research reputations. It also offers many continuing education courses leading to extramural certificates and diplomas, as well as other short courses. |
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Goldsmiths, University of London, is a constituent college of the University of London. Based in New Cross, London, Goldsmiths specialises in the teaching and research of creative, cultural and cognitive disciplines. The institution was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. It was acquired by the University of London in 1904 and was renamed Goldsmiths' College. |
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London Business School is a leading international business school and a constituent college of the University of London. It teaches postgraduate programmes in finance and management, including MBA programmes, Sloan Fellowship Program for experienced business executives, Masters in Finance (also known as MiF, a finance specialist programme), as well as non-masters programmes for business executives. It is located in central London, beside Regent's Park. It was established in 1964, after the Franks Report recommended the establishment of two business schools, as part of existing universities (London and Manchester), but with considerable autonomy. It has close collaborations with the nearby University College London and the Modern Language Centre at King's College London. |
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The University of Westminster (formerly the Polytechnic of Central London) is a university in London, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992. Its antecedent institution, the Royal Polytechnic Institution, dated back to 1838.
Westminster is recognised as a world leader in Media and Communications and Art and Design research as measured by the UK Government Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Communications, cultural and media studies research at the University is ranked 2nd nationally, and Art and Design Research was judged 6th nationally.
The university serves more than 23,800 students from 132 countries studying a variety of programmes. These range from undergraduate and postgraduate courses to tailored professional programmes and short courses. Many Westminster students study part-time: courses are available both during the day and in the evening.
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