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located in the

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, England, based at three campuses in Stratford and Docklands, following the opening of University Square Stratford in September 2013. The University of East London began as the West Ham Technical Institute and it was officially opened in October 1898 after approval was given for the construction of the site by the West Ham Technical Instruction Act Committee in 1892 following the Technical Instruction Act of 1889. It gained university status in 1992. In February 2019, it had more than 17,000 students from 135 countries.

History

UEL can trace its roots back to 1892, when the newly formed

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decided to establish a West Ham Technical Institute to serve the local community. The institute was to be, in the words of

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speaking at the building's opening ceremony, a "people’s university". The college provided courses in science, engineering and art, and also established its own internal degree courses in science and engineering, which were ratified by the

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. In addition, it had a women's department. As demand for technical education grew throughout the 1930s and 1940s,

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created two further colleges at

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and

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( South West Essex Technical College and South East Essex Technical College). In 1970 these three colleges (West Ham, Walthamstow, Dagenham) were combined as a merger of higher education colleges, to create the North East London Polytechnic. Campuses were modernised and revitalised by buildings such as the Arthur Edwards building on the Stratford campus, completed in 1982. In 1988 the North East London Polytechnic became a higher education institution, and was renamed the Polytechnic of East London in 1989. In 1992 the Polytechnic of East London became the University of East London, one of a number of "

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". UEL's succession of founding institutions exemplify the developments that took place in British further and

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which opened in 2012, one of the first

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s in England. In April 2013 the university was granted

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by the

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Campuses

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UEL has three campuses, at Stratford and Docklands, the newest of which, University Square Stratford, opened in September 2013. The Barking campus was closed in 2006. UEL delivers programmes and short courses at the

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in a nearby borough. Off campus, there are students registered on programmes with UK and non-UK academic partners, such as the Women's Institute of Management in Malaysia.

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is a college of the university.

Stratford Campus

The Stratford Campus is close to the 2012 Olympic Park. It is centred around University House, a 19th-century listed building. The campus is home to the School of Education and Communities, the School of Health Sport and Bioscience and the School of Psychology. The Centre for Clinical Education was opened in January 2008. Operating in partnership with the

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, the centre is London's only provider of podiatric education. In 2011 UEL appointed Make Architects to lead the design of a replacement library at the Stratford Campus. The project had a budget of £13 million and the library opened in June 2013.

Docklands Campus

The Docklands Campus, opened in 1999, is the largest of the three campuses, It is in the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, at the Royal Albert Dock, closed to commercial shipping since the 1980s and now largely used as a water sports centre and rowing course, for example for the

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is across the dock from the campus. The Cyprus station of the

Docklands Light Railway The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London, England and provides a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of Londo ...

is adjacent to the campus, and offers links to

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and central London. The campus was shortlisted for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' ''Building of the Year'' in 2001. New student accommodation opened in 2008 and the campus now has 1,200 student rooms, together with shops, cafés and a restaurant, launderettes and an open-air fitness suite. SportsDock, a £21 million sports and academic centre, opened in March 2012. SportsDock served as the High-Performance Training Centre for

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during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The campus library is housed in the Royal Docks Business School building.

University Square Stratford

A third campus, University Square Stratford (USS – not to be confused with University Square at the Docklands Campus), opened for the 2013–14 academic year. Co-owned with

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it is situated in Stratford and delivers part-time and full-time study for adults. The project was the first time two higher education institutions created a new shared building. The building provides shared teaching spaces for both higher education institutions and their partners. It is home to the Royal Docks School of Business Law, as well as UEL's Institute of Performing Arts. Facilities include performance studios, editing suites, a mooting room and lecture theatres. The building was nominated for the 2014

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Organisation

Faculties and schools

University of East London Student Accomodation

Degree programmes and other courses are taught by one of the seven teaching schools. In addition, the Graduate School provides support and administrative services for postgraduate research students.

Royal Docks School of Business and Law

The School of Business and Law (RDBSL) is a combined school which offers undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD degree programmes, as well as non-degree executive education for individuals and companies. The School's main location is at the Stratford Campus but it also offers programmes at the Docklands Campus. Its programmes are recognised by professional bodies including the

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, (ACCA), the

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(CMI), and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, (CIPD). The school also offers a range of business support, enterprise development services and conferencing facilities. Knowledge Dock helps students start their own companies by supplying help and business start-up incubators. Knowledge Dock is accredited by the European Business Network as a Business Innovation Centre (BIC) and is the only BIC in London, and one of only 12 in the UK.

School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering

The School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering was established in 2011. It delivers undergraduate programmes in architecture, computing, civil engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mathematics and product design.

School of Education and Communities

The School of Education and Communities delivers teaching and supports research in comparative education, early childhood, diversity and language, multilingualism, professional education, race and community, social work, teacher education and technology-enhanced learning.

School of Health, Sport and Bioscience

The School of Health, Sport and Bioscience supports research and delivers teaching in nursing, health studies, physiotherapy, microbiology, biomedical science, physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry, forensic science, sports science, conservation and ecology.

School of Psychology

The School of Psychology delivers programmes such as BSc (Hons) Psychology, accredited by the

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, and a qualification in counselling training, BSc (Hons) Counselling and Mentoring.

School of Arts and Creative Industries

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The School of Arts and Creative Industries delivers courses that cover fashion, film, design, fine art and media, digital arts and communications, games design and animation, music, theatre and dance, creative writing, cultural and heritage studies, journalism, advertising and performing arts.

Graduate school

The Graduate School provides support for postgraduate research students, research and scholarly activities.

Validations

In 2018, UEL partnered with renowned theatre arts school

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and became validators of their BA (Hons) Musical Theatre course. The course takes place at two locations; The academy,

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and Italia Conti Arts Centre,

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Academic profile

UEL offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. In addition, extended degree programmes are available for many of the single honour programmes. In these programmes, students add a preliminary foundation year to the usual three-year programme. UEL offers a range of postgraduate degrees, including taught master's degrees,

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s and research degrees including MPhils and PhDs. UEL has an MBA programme in

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via collaboration with ''Women's Institute of Management Malaysia''.

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

UEL's campuses are in Newham, the host borough of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, close to two Olympic venues; the

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in Stratford and the

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in Docklands. UEL has had Olympic and Paralympic projects including research, student involvement and sporting partnerships underway since it was announced that London's bid to host the Games was successful in 2005.

Partnerships

Asics had a five-year partnership with UEL, and provided bursaries and scholarships to support research athletes at the university. During the 2012 Games, ASICS played host to athletes, ambassadors and business partners in their brand centre at UEL's Stratford campus The

London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) was the organisation responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was jointly established by the UK Gove ...

(LOCOG) was a Games-time partner with UEL and students volunteered as Games-makers during the Games. British Swimming has had a partnership with UEL since the London Olympic Games in 2005. British Swimming used UEL residencies during the Games. The

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's Team USA used SportsDock as its training centre during the Games. UEL sites acted as a base for USOC's sports performance services, logistical operations and media relations.

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addressed the Team USA athletes at the SportsDock facility on Friday, 27 July 2012, speaking of the pride and excitement that the Games bring to people. UEL students volunteered with Team USA in a number of roles during the Olympic season, including writing for the team's Games-time publication. Team Singapore (SSC)'s recovery centre was based at UEL, providing high-performance athletic services including an athletes' lounge. UEL also provided accommodation for SSC's medical team.

Research

In the seven years to 2012, UEL produced around 70 pieces of research work, including the Westfield Transport Observation, Newham Impact Evaluation and LOCOG Impact Evaluation.

Student life

Students' Union

The University of East London Students' Union (UELSU) is the university-wide representative body for students at the university. It exists to represent UEL students in university decision-making, to act as the voice of students in the national higher education policy debate, and to provide direct services to the student body. It is affiliated to the National Union of Students, which represents students nationwide. Elections are held every year to elect a new executive committee. The Students' Union runs a number of clubs and societies, campaigns and entertainment. There is also a social meeting space, on the Docklands campus and another, the Dome, on the Stratford campus There are over 50 societies at UEL. There is a student e-zine called Your Universe, a joint partnership between UEL and student writers.

Sports

UEL's sports clubs participate in the

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leagues and sports activities are managed by UELSports. In 2011, UEL was named the most improved university for sport at the BUCS awards, having jumped 43 places in the league table. A sports centre at the Docklands campus, Sportsdock, opened in 2012. This was used by Team USA for their training during the 2012 Summer Olympics. The centre features a gym and fitness suite, two large indoor sports arenas, ten badminton courts, two competition basketball courts, volleyball and netball courts, cricket bays, two five-a-side football pitches, a sports café and covered seating for 400 people.

Notable alumni

UEL and its predecessor institutions have a number of notable academic staff and alumni, including politicians, business people, authors, actors, musicians and sports people. * Kemi Adeosun – Minister of Finance of

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* Tazeen Ahmad – British journalist and broadcaster *

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politician and formerly

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– British actor, writer and director *

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– British journalist and broadcaster * Simon Carter – Artist *

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–

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, singer-songwriter *

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nominees *

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– news presenter for

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– journalist and editor (did not graduate) * Gemma Gibbons –

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Olympian *

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– British

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politician, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston *

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, visual artist, animator *

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–

politician and

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– former Prime Minister of

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* Carolyn Kagan – community psychologist and social activist *

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–

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actress *

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– solicitor to the Stephen Lawrence family *

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– track athlete *

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– initiator of ''

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'' 2016 case against the

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over its authority to implement

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without approval from the

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(did not graduate) *

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– Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament * Mike Pittilo – Principal and

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of the

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- British author and cultural writer known for critiques of Critical Social Justice *

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– Labour

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and Deputy Chair of the

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– occupational psychologist and Vice Chancellor of the

Central University (Ghana) The Central University was founded by the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) in Accra, Ghana. It was founded as a pastoral training institute by Mensah Otabil in 1988. In June 1991, it was known as the Central Bible College. It later b ...

* Lucy Quist – first Ghanaian woman to become the CEO of a multinational telecommunications company in Ghana * Mark Stephens – broadcaster, lawyer, mediator and writer *

Tinchy Stryder Kwasi Esono Danquah III ( ; born 14 September 1986), known by the stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a Ghanaian British, Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three solo (music), solo studio al ...

– musician *

Roger Taylor Roger Taylor may refer to: *Roger Taylor (Queen drummer) (born 1949), drummer for Queen *Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) (born 1960), drummer for Duran Duran *Roger Taylor (author), author of epic fantasy Hawklan series *Roger Taylor (college pr ...

– drummer of the band

Queen Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...

Alexander Trotman, Baron Trotman Alexander James Trotman, Baron Trotman (22 July 1933 – 25 April 2005) was a British-born businessman who served as the CEO of Ford Motor Company from 1993 to 1998. Trotman was the first foreign-born chairman and CEO of a Big Three Americ ...

– former chairman and CEO of

Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...

Bianca Williams Bianca Williams (born 18 December 1993) is a British athlete. She competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won bronze medals in the 200 m, and in the 4 × 100 m relay. She has also won two medals as part of th ...

– Commonwealth Games

track Track or Tracks may refer to: Routes or imprints * Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity * Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across * Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shorte ...

athlete *

Iolo Williams Iolo Tudur Williams (; ; born 22 August 1962) is a Welsh ornithologist, nature observer, television presenter and author, best known for his BBC and S4C nature programmes, working in both English and his first language of Welsh. After a 14-year ...

– Welsh nature observer and television presenter

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East London East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...