Thames Valley University
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Former names
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Thames Valley University, Polytechnic of West London, Lady Byron School, Ealing College of Higher Education, Thames Valley College of Higher Education, Queen Charlotte's College of Health Care Studies, London College of Music |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1992 (as Thames Valley University) 1860 (as the Lady Byron School) |
| Endowment | £1.63 million (2015) |
| Chancellor |
Laurence Geller (since 1 August 2010) |
| Vice-Chancellor |
Peter John (since 1 July 2007) |
| Students | 10,410 HE (2015/16) |
| Undergraduates | 9,050 (2015/16) |
| Postgraduates | 1,360 (2015/16) |
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Other students
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28,290 FE |
| Location | Ealing, Brentford, and Reading, United Kingdom |
| Website | www.uwl.ac.uk |
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Complete (2017, national) |
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The Guardian (2017, national) |
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Times/Sunday Times (2017, national) |
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The University of West London (UWL) is a public university in the United Kingdom which has campuses in Ealing and Brentford in London, as well as in Reading in Berkshire.
The university has roots back to 1860, when the Lady Byron School was founded, which later became Ealing College of Higher Education. In 1990, Ealing College of Higher Education, Thames Valley College of Higher Education, Queen Charlotte's College of Health Care Studies and the London College of Music merged to form the Polytechnic of West London. In 1992, the Polytechnic of West London became a university and adopted the name Thames Valley University. In 2004, Thames Valley merged with Reading College and School of Arts and Design. A former campus in Slough was closed in 2010.
In August 2010, the university announced that it had been granted permission to change its name to the University of West London, to reflect a focusing of operations onto its Ealing and Brentford campuses. The new name was formally adopted on Wednesday 6 April 2011.
The University of West London traces its roots back to 1860, when the Lady Byron School was founded at what is now University of West London's Ealing campus. The school later became Ealing College of Higher Education.
The Slough campus was founded in January 1912 as a selective secondary school in William Street. By the 1960s, it had become Slough College of Further Education. In the 1970s it became Thames Valley College of Higher Education and in 2011 it was closed down.
In 1990, Ealing College of Higher Education, Thames Valley College of Higher Education, Queen Charlotte's College of Health Care Studies and the London College of Music were merged to become the Polytechnic of West London. Two years later, the polytechnic became a university under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, and adopted the name Thames Valley University.
In 2004, the university merged with Reading College and School of Arts and Design (which had been founded in 1947 as Reading Technical College). Reading College's sites at Kings Road and Crescent Road became TVU sites.
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