The South West London College was a

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college located in the

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and Streatham areas of

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. The college was founded in 1966, and closed in 1990; initially it was proposed that it would be merged with the Thames Polytechnic, but eventually it was dissolved under the 1988 Education Reform Act. Most of the college's staff and faculty moved to the

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Notable alumni

Abdulkadir Ahmed Abdulkadir Ahmed (31 October 1940 – 1997) was a Nigerian businessman and civil servant who was governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria from 1982 to 1993. Background Ahmed was born on 31 October 1940 in Jama'are, Bauchi State. He attended Bare ...

, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria * Elizabeth Alpha-Lavalie, Sierra Leonean politician *

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, corpus linguist, lexicographer and co-author of Sketch Engine * Joseph Oladele Sanusi, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria * Sarafa Tunji Ishola, Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom

References

Higher education colleges in London Educational institutions established in 1966 1966 establishments in England Educational institutions disestablished in 1990 1990 disestablishments in England {{London-struct-stub