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Some polytechnics trace their history back to the early 19th century. The first British institution to use the name "polytechnic" was the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society in 1832, which it still retains, together with the affectionate nickname "The Poly". [citation needed]
During 1890, the former buildings of Joseph Lancaster's British and Foreign School Society were purchased for the Borough Polytechnic Institute. In May that year, the South London Polytechnics Institutes Act was passed, so that by June 1891 the governing structure and general aims of the new Institute had been created.
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (commonly known as The Poly) is an educational, cultural and scientific charity, [1] as well as a local arts and cinema venue, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The Society exists to promote innovation in the arts and sciences.
Woolwich Polytechnic was inspected by Ofsted in October 2011 and judged as 'outstanding'. The school got top marks in 21 out of 24 indicators on the report. [citation needed] Previously a community school administered by Greenwich London Borough Council, Woolwich Polytechnic School converted to academy status on 1 August 2014. However the ...
In December 1893, Sir Philip Magnus, a governor of the Borough Polytechnic Institute, now London South Bank University, proposed that a bakery school should be set up at the Polytechnic. During the following year Magnus visited a private bakery school run by a Mr John Blandy in Uxbridge (established 1889). He was impressed enough to invite ...
The British and Foreign School Society (BFSS) was founded in the early 19th century to support free and non-denominational British Schools in England and Wales. These schools competed with the National schools run by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education , which had the support of the established Church of England, the local ...
The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England.Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Faculty of Arts, Design and Media, its Grade I listed [1] building on Margaret Street remains the home of the university's Department of Fine Art and is still commonly referred ...
Polytechnic (Portugal), schools that offer profession-oriented, practical training Polytechnic (Singapore) , tertiary institutions offering education in applied sciences and vocational fields Polytechnic (United Kingdom) , system 1965–1992; since merging with university system known as "post-1992 universities"