1935 Charlie Newens appointed Assistant Boatman to Dick Phelps at Thames Rowing Club, with special responsibilities to Imperial College Boat Club. 1938 Opening of the new Boathouse by Lord Desborough, on 21 October, designed and built by Charles Bristow. The commemorative plaque from the occasion reads, "May all who use this boathouse in it find such happiness and make such friendships as may endure throughout their lives."
The London College of Style is a centre of creative excellence, teaching and inspiring a generation of outstanding fashion and personal stylists. Located in London, one of the world's most inventive fashion capitals, and launching in Manchester for September 2015, students travel from all over the world to study at the college. At LCS we train our students to succeed, in an environment that is highly supportive, fun, and one that inspires creativity and develops confidence.
Ashcroft Technology Academy is the new name for the highly successful ADT City Technology College. The new Academy is sponsored by Lord Ashcroft, KCMG, who was also the founder sponsor of ADT College. Building on the highly successful tradition and reputation of ADT City Technology College, Ashcroft Academy, with £13 million pounds of new buildings and refurbishment, offers new and wider opportunities to achieve the highest possible standards of learning for our students.
From A-levels to HNDs and from apprenticeships to leisure courses in topics as diverse as art appreciation and investing on the stock exchange, we offer more than you think from our centres in London. The student enrichment team, welfare services, careers advisers and tutors are here to guide, support and help you. And that includes how to find funding or manage your studies.
At ThinkSpace we offer the opportunity to be part of a distinctive community and to work alongside companies involved in a variety of sectors, at every stage of their lifecycle. We attract budding entrepreneurs, rapid growth organisations, established companies, and the global corporate elite. You can network with investors, problem solve with alumni or discuss the latest topical issues and challenges with NGOs.
We are dedicated to providing an enriching, accessible, affordable and career-relevant higher educational experience for all students. Our two ABI campuses In London (Acton) and Reading are conveniently located close to range of student facilities. With its student population recruited internationally as well from the UK/EU, the College provides a truly global educational experience. ABI College was originally founded as Queensland College London (QCOL) in 2004 in Acton, West London.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson visits students on building Apprenticeship programmesMayor meets brickwork and carpentry students to stress the importance of their s. College hosts General Election 2015 debatesEaling, Hammersmith and West London College and Tiemo, a local event management. Students join forces with Ealing Police to tackle domestic abuseAs part of the Metropolitan Police Service Community Ambassador Programme, Ealin.
London Paragon College (LPC) is an independent training provider located in the heart of Acton on Uxbridge road, close to all amenities, and the public transport. We offer a range of courses from ESOL, Life in the UK test preparation and Workplace training.
It was founded in 1934 by the doughty Miss Freeston, who studied Physics at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and was one of the first women to graduate from Oxford University. She set up Westminster Tutors when she realised that young women had very little chance of securing a place at Oxford and Cambridge because they lacked access to academic tutors who could help them prepare for the rigorous Oxbridge entrance examinations.
Creating an inspiring, hard-working and enthusiastic environment is essential to achieving success and this is exactly what we have shaped here at Duff Miller Sixth Form College. As London's most successful independent sixth form college, we aim to help all our students reach their potential in all their aspirations. Our traditional values have long been a standing factor in the success of our students for over half a century providing them with an excellent community in which to flourish.