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11 unusual facts about University of Westminster


Antirom

Many of the members were students under Cameron's lectureship at the School of Media, Arts and Design at the University of Westminster.

Charles Albert Keeley

Inspired by the work of French chemist and colour theorist Eugene Chevreul, Keeley was a regular performer at the London Royal Polytechnic in the 1860s, which was chaired by distinguished scientist and aeronautical engineer Sir George Cayley.

Denis Jenkinson

Jenkinson was studying engineering at the Regent Street Polytechnic when the Second World War broke out.

Fielding Reginald West

Following the war he moved to London where he attended the Regent Street Polytechnic and London Day Training College, before taking up employment as a schoolteacher in at the London County Council West Kensington Central School.

Henry Trivick

He was a visiting instructor at the Regent Street Polytechnic (now the University of Westminster) where he taught Spencer the art of lithography.

Informatics Institute of Technology

In 2002 IICS changed its name to IIT and in 2005 started a collaboration with the University of Westminster (UOW), UK.

John Henry Pepper

He also oversaw the introduction of evening lectures at the Royal Polytechnic Institution and wrote several important science education books, one of which is regarded as a significant step towards the understanding of continental drift.

Pepper delivered his first lecture at the Royal Polytechnic Institution in 1847 and went on to take the role of analytical chemist and lecturer the year after.

Olabisi Onabanjo

He was educated in Lagos and at the Regent Street Polytechnic in the United Kingdom, where he studied journalism between 1950 and 1951.

Power Without Responsibility

Power Without Responsibility (subtitled: The Press and Broadcasting in Britain or Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain) is a book written by James Curran (Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College) and Jean Seaton (Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster).

Raglan Squire

Upon graduation Rag spent a year working on building sites, followed by four years working in architects' offices and studying part-time for his RIBA exams at the Regent Street Polytechnic's evening classes in the early 1930s.


Abu Dhabi University

Abu Dhabi University has affiliations with the following institutions: ENPC MBA Paris, Al Maktoum Institute, Universitat Klinikumbonn, University of Westminster, University of London, and Thunderbird School of Global Management,.

Ben Pimlott

He was married to Jean Seaton, who lectures on communications and the media at the University of Westminster.

Bowen Wells

Wells was educated at St Paul's, the University of Exeter, and Regent Street Polytechnic.

Janet Anderson

She attended the Polytechnic of Central London and the Université de Nantes.

Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

She was educated at Roedean (where she was head girl), Heidelberg University, Queen Mary, University of London and the Polytechnic of Central London, and worked as a statistician and market research manager, including a spell with Shell-Mex and BP, before entering Parliament as MP for Wallasey, Merseyside, succeeding the former Cabinet minister Ernest Marples.

Nick Ahlmark

Nick Ahlmark is a London-based film maker who was taught at the University of Westminster by screenwriter Tony Grisoni.

Norman Blamey

Blamey was educated at Holloway School, London, and then (1931–1937) at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art.

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

In what would be the first public performance of the technique known as Pepper's ghost, John Henry Pepper staged a Christmas Eve production of play in 1862 at the Royal Polytechnic Institution (currently known as the University of Westminster) in 309 Regent Street.

Valeria Puig

That same year she received a full scholarship based on academic excellence, professional development and personal motivation to go do an MA in Script-Writing and Producing for Film and Television at the University of Westminster in London where she worked with producers such as Nick Goldsmith.