South West London College

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The South West London College was a higher education college located in the Tooting and Streatham areas of London, England.

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 South Bank Polytechnic. [1]

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References

  1. "South West London College - Archives Hub". jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

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