Westminster Business School

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The University of Westminster Archive has been running an Oral History Project since 2010, recording memories of the Regent Street Polytechnic and Polytechnic of Central London. Oral history is composed of spoken testimony, stories, and experience and is a useful way of capturing individual understandings and perspectives of the recent past. Although official documents provide a vital window into the past, oral history often provides a much richer picture of what life was like and what people thought.
The University of Westminster was founded as Britain's first polytechnic in 1838. The University has always been and continues to be imaginative in recognizing new needs and developing appropriate offerings for its many target markets. The University also has a strong and historical commitment to promoting equality and embracing diversity. As a place to work or study, we strive to strengthen our reputation as a welcoming and inclusive organization.
The experience we offer A vibrant learning environment – fostering innovation and creativity, informed by practice, inspired by research, focusing on the globally relevant areas in which we excel. We are building the next generation of highly employable global citizens to shape the future. As a global university located in a world city, we are home to over 5,000 students and 500 staff overseas.
Westminster has a reputation for excellence in professionally relevant teaching and learning and high-quality research. Offering over 300-degree courses, we emphasize providing international opportunities for Westminster students to ensure that we provide an environment where students can develop skills, competencies, and knowledge required by the global economy.
We are proud of our long history of global relationships and have partnerships worldwide – connections we continually strive to strengthen and deepen. Our world-leading research, produced in partnership with global industry and educational institutions, has a real impact on the world around us.
We will shape the future of professional life by being a diverse, vibrant, and inspirational learning environment, establishing the University of Westminster as the leading practice-informed teaching and research university, being a responsive, metropolitan, and cosmopolitan university serving the needs of diverse communities, embedding internationalization, employability, and green-thinking in all that we do. Courageous: We know that without risk, there is no innovation. We are bold enough to question ideas, provoke new ways of thinking, strip away the superfluous, and focus on those things we can excel in.
Our Values are Connected. We are an integrated team. We are about trust, collaboration, and connectivity across our different disciplines and throughout the world. Generous We respect and celebrate diversity. With a generosity of spirit, we value emotional intelligence and knowledge, empowering each other and enabling our students to realize their full potential. Excellent We demand excellence. We understand the importance of critical thinking, discipline, and responsibility, and we expect the very highest standards of ourselves and our students. Sustainable Green-thinking is at the heart of all we do. Our common goal is to respect the planet, and we are committed to sustainable practices, both on the global stage and in our working environment.

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