Borough Polytechnic
From Graces Guide
of Borough Road, London, S.E.1.
1890 The former buildings of Joseph Lancaster's British and Foreign Schools Society were purchased for the Borough Polytechnic Institute.
1892 Formed as the Borough Polytechnic Institute. The Polytechnic specialised in courses that reflected local trades including leather tanning, typography, metalwork, electrical engineering, laundry, baking, and boot & shoe manufacture. Instruction was also given in art, science, elocution, literature and general knowledge
1970 Renames as the Polytechnic of the South Bank
1987 Renamed as the South Bank Polytechnic
1992 Renamed as the South Bank University
2003 Renamed as the London South Bank University
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