London College of Communication

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London College of Communication
University of the Arts at the Elephant and Castle (geograph 4476299).jpg
Established1894
Parent institution
 University of the Arts London
Location
London
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United Kingdom

51°29′40.85″N0°6′6.77″W / 51.4946806°N 0.1018806°W / 51.4946806; -0.1018806
Campus Urban: Elephant & Castle
Website arts.ac.uk/lcc
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The London College of Communication is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. Its origins are in education for the printing and retail industries; it now specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation, film, graphic design, photography and sound arts.

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It has approximately 5000 students, and offers about sixty courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level. It is organised in three schools: media, design and screen; all are housed in a single building in Elephant and Castle. It received its present name in 2004; it was previously the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts, then the London College of Printing, and briefly the London College of Printing and Distributive Trades.

History

The school was formed in 1990 by the merger of the College for Distributive Trades with the London College of Printing.

The London College of Printing descended from the St Bride's Foundation Institute Printing School, which was established in November 1894 under the City of London Parochial Charities Act of 1883. The Guild and Technical School opened in Clerkenwell in the same year, but moved a year later to Bolt Court, and became the Bolt Court Technical School; it was later renamed the London County Council School of Photoengraving and Lithography.

Annual portfolios of student work were assembled during the years that the printing school was administered by St Bride Foundation. These, and other early documentation, form part of the permanent collections at St Bride Printing Library.

St Bride's came under the control of the London County Council in 1922 and was renamed the London School of Printing and Kindred Trades; in 1949 it was merged with the LCC School of Photoengraving and Lithography, forming the London School of Printing and Graphic Arts. In 1960 this was renamed the London College of Printing. The printing department of the North Western Polytechnic was merged into it in 1969. The London College of Printing became part of the London Institute in 1986. [1]

The Westminster Day Continuation School opened in 1921, and was later renamed the College for Distributive Trades, providing practical education relating to retail, and later to the related area of marketing.[ citation needed ] It too became part of the London Institute in 1986. In 1990 it merged with the London College of Printing to form the London College of Printing and Distributive Trades, which in 1996 was renamed the London College of Communication. [1]

In 2003 the London Institute received Privy Council approval for university status, and in 2004 was renamed University of the Arts London. [2]

Cutbacks and closures

LCC had student protests and sit-ins in November 2009, as students expressed anger over proposed course closures and staff redundancies. About 100 students tried to occupy the office of Sandra Kemp, the head of the college at that time, in protest over the lack of supervision for dissertations. [3] Students later occupied a lecture theatre and private security guards tried to remove protesting students. This failed when a member of academic staff questioned their right to touch the students and police were summoned who prevailed upon the protesters to leave the building. Several students faced disciplinary action, including suspension. [4]

The director of the university's course in public relations resigned over the proposed cutbacks, saying that there weren't enough staff. Much of the teaching was then supplied by sessional lecturers on short-term contracts. [3] A member of the teaching staff said that sackings resulted in cancelled lectures and students left without dissertation supervisors. [5]

In 2011 an inquiry by the Quality Assurance Agency into restructuring at the LCC found standards were so badly affected by course closures that the marks of some students were raised to compensate. The report followed complaints by students relating to the restructuring, including claims that quality had been 'severely compromised' and that those studying were not informed of the plans before enrolment. The investigation was the first of its kind and is the QAA's revised “whistleblower” process for investigating concerns about academic standards and quality. [6] The decision to investigate the complaints followed the closure of 16 courses and 26 full-time redundancies. [6]

Alumni

Among the alumni of the college are Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International; [7] Jane Root, former controller of BBC Two; the advertising executive and art collector Charles Saatchi; [8] and the cartoonist and illustrator Ralph Steadman.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Robert Baxter (2001). GB 1574: London College of Printing Archive. AIM25: Archives in London and the M25 area. Archived 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Veronica Lee (8 May 2004). State of the arts. The Telegraph. Accessed April 2012.
  3. 1 2 Melanie Newman (5 November 2009). PR lecturer resigns in protest over lack of staff. Times Higher Education.
  4. ↑ Will Harmon, Lucy Doyle, Chuk Ikéh (12 November 2009). Sit-in students may face disciplinary action. Arts London News. Archived 19 February 2014.
  5. ↑ Harriet Swain (17 November 2009). Universities plan job losses in response to looming public spending cuts. The Guardian. Accessed November 2009.
  6. 1 2 Simon Baker (17 June 2011). Course closures at LCC disrupted studies and harmed students' chances, QAA rules. Times Higher Education. Accessed April 2018.
  7. ↑ Jessica Shepherd, David Batty (9 July 2011). Phone hacking: University urged to retract Rebekah Brooks honorary award. The Guardian. Accessed October 2015.
  8. ↑ Elizabeth Day (3 June 2013). Charles Saatchi: art supremo with an image problem. The Observer. Accessed October 2015.
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