The South-East Essex Technical University and School of Art (aka Dagenham School of Art) was a technical college and school of art based in Longbridge Road,

Dagenham Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest ...

, a suburb in east London, formerly in

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, England.

History

The Becontree estate was the largest public housing project in the world when it was completed in the mid-1930s. Recognising the need for education but with no responsibility to provide it, the

London County Council London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...

transferred 24 acres on the western edge of the estate to Essex County Council, who built a technical college (the South East Essex Technical College) and a secondary school (South East Essex County Technical High School) on the site. The college opened in 1936, in a building designed by J. Stuart. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, the college was requisitioned by the

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and used for training. The site's secondary school was relocated to

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during this period. The school returned to its original location after the war, but in 1960 it moved to Cannington Road and was renamed the South East Essex Technical High School. The technical college was renamed Barking Regional College of Technology in 1965, following the creation of the London Borough of Barking. In 1969 it became the Barking Campus of the North East London Polytechnic, which in turn became the Polytechnic of East London in 1988 and the

University of East London , mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows , established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...

in 1992. In 2006 the campus was closed and sold for redevelopment. In 2012, the former main building was being marketed as "Mayesbrook Manor" to potential occupants. New buildings on the rest of the site were collectively named Academy Central.

Notable alumni

Ron Embleton Ronald Sydney Embleton (6 October 1930 – 13 February 1988) was a British illustrator who gained fame as a comics artist. In the 1950s and 1960s, Embleton also pursued a career as an oil painter, and he exhibited his works widely in Britain, Ger ...

(1930–1988) — comics artist and illustrator *

Edna Mann Edna Mann (1926 – 1985) was a British painter and co-founder of the Borough Group of artists. Mann was educated at Romford County High School for Girls and then studied art at the South-East Essex Technical College and School of Art. Here i ...

(1926–1985) — painter and founder member of the Borough Group *

Dorothy Mead Dorothy Mead (1928–1975) was a British painter. Biography Mead was born in London, England, and adopted at three months old by a family in Walthamstow. Her mother had a florists shop. She first met David Bomberg when he was teaching at the S ...

(1928–1975) — painter and founder member of the Borough Group * Jeremy Ratter (aka

Penny Rimbaud Penny Lapsang Rimbaud (born Jeremy John Ratter, 1943) is a writer, poet, philosopher, painter, musician and activist. He was a member of the performance art groups EXIT and Ceres Confusion, and in 1972 was co-founder of the Stonehenge Free Fes ...

, born 1943) — drummer, writer, and poet

Notable teachers

* N. M. H. Lightfoot

FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...

(1902–1962) – Principal 1943 to 1950 * David Bomberg (1890–1957) — painter *

Norman Sillman Norman Henry Sillman, Royal College of Art, ARCA, FRBS (4 May 1921 – 18 July 2013) was a British sculptor and a coin designer, including the One pound (British coin), one pound coins for the Royal Mint.Eric Baker (activist) Eric Baker (22 September 1920 – 11 July 1976) was a British activist and one of the founders of the human rights group Amnesty International, and the second Secretary-General of the organization. He was also a founder of the Campaign for Nuclea ...

(1920–1976) – General Secretary and a founder of Amnesty International; a founder of Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

References

External links

Web site for the Academy Central redevelopment
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History

Notable alumni

Notable teachers

See also

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