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The University of Westminster is a public university based in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1838 as the Royal Polytechnic Institution , it was the first polytechnic to open in London. [ 3 ] The Polytechnic formally received a Royal charter in August 1839, and became the University of Westminster in 1992 .
The University of Westminster is a British university in London, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, which allowed the London Polytechnic (Polytechnic of Central London or PCL) to rename itself as a university.
The theatre at the Royal Polytechnic Institution (now the University of Westminster) in Regent Street saw the first public demonstration of "Pepper's ghost"—a method of projecting the illusion of a ghost into a theatre (named after its developer John Henry Pepper)—during an 1862 Christmas Eve theatrical production of the Charles Dickens ...
DocWest is the name of the centre for production and research of documentary films at The University of Westminster, London. Established in 2009, it hosts screenings, masterclasses, and conferences involving documentary practitioners. DocWest is involved in a wide array of activities, including teaching, film production and academic research.
Westminster Law School (WLS) is the law school of the University of Westminster.Located at Little Titchfield Street near Regent Street in central London.. It awards LLB, LLM and PhD degrees, and also provides professional legal education including the Graduate Diploma in Law conversion course, the Legal Practice Course, for intending solicitors.
Andrew Groves (born 27 February 1968) is a British professor of fashion design, currently based at the University of Westminster, where he is the director of the Westminster Menswear Archive, the world's first publicly accessible menswear archive. [1]
The origin of the term 'virtual tour' dates to 1994. The first example of a virtual tour was a museum visitor interpretive tour, consisting of 'walk-through' of a 3D reconstruction of Dudley Castle in England as it was in 1550. [3] This consisted of a computer-controlled laser disc based system designed by British-based engineer Colin Johnson.
Jacobine Jones – sculptor (seven principal industries at the Bank of Canada Building, figures of scholar and hockey player at Kerr Hall, Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University)) Charles Keeping – illustrator, children's author and lithographer (Les Misérables, Beowulf and various works by Charles Dickens)