Tej Lalvani, CEO of Vitabiotics and investor on the popular BBC programme Dragon’s Den, will join the University of Westminster as a Visiting Professor at Westminster Business School. Read more
Architecture students at the University of Westminster have been awarded more than £15,000 in prizes in prizes as part of OPEN 2022 in the Student Architecture Awards ceremony which celebrates the work they created throughout their courses. Read more
Graham Shapiro, award-winning British inventor, designer, and digital entrepreneur, will join the University of Westminster as a Visiting Professor. Read more
Student and graduate finalists competed with live pitches at Westminster’s Big Idea Competition final and were awarded prizes from a £24,000 fund. Read more
Manufacturing company AForce has announced to donate a total of 600sqft of leather to Westminster Fashion students over the next six months, which holds a total value of £3000. Read more
15 female Computer Science and Engineering students from the University of Westminster have been recognised with the Concentrix Catalyst Award after graduating with a First Class degree. Read more
The School of Computer Science and Engineering hosted an end of year event to showcase and celebrate the hard work of final year undergraduate students on 29 June 2022. Read more
Westminster’s Genome Engineering Laboratory is pleased to announce the launch of a new funded Research Internship Programme thanks to a generous donation from Westminster alumnus Raj Sitlani. Read more
The University of Westminster has partnered with Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) to deliver a Games Design Club series for school and college students to inspire more students from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds to enter the gaming sector in their future careers. Read more
The University of Westminster hosted its first Saturday Skills Club on Friday 26 February supported by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). Read more
The University of Westminster was delighted to be granted a donation of £40,000 from the Garfield Weston Foundation in July towards the revival of the Soho Poly performing arts space capital restoration. Read more
The iconic and historically important venue, located in the basement of the University of Westminster’s Riding House Street building, is poised to be returned to its former glory following a generous £50,000 grant by Westminster City Council. Read more
Shaftesbury plc, a British real estate investment trust committed to developments in London’s West End, has become the most recent donor to the University’s Soho Poly renovation project, enabling the initial phase of the building work to commence later this year. Shaftesbury has committed £10,000 to allow the iconic Fitzrovian “fringe” performing arts and music venue to be redeveloped to provide increased accessibility to all, as well as modernising the site for future diverse arts talent. Read more
Gisela Torres, who graduated from the Photography Arts MA course in 2020, has been selected as one of the winners of the Peckham 24 Photography Festival’s Open Call competition. Read more
Rehan Latif, who graduated from Westminster Business School in 2002, has set up the Latif Family Bursary to support Westminster students during their studies. Read more
The University of Westminster’s performing arts space the Soho Poly welcomed the local community on Tuesday 29 March to mark its 50th anniversary. Read more
The University of Westminster welcomed a plethora of esteemed guests through the doors of its historical Soho Poly theatre on Riding House Street as part of its fundraising efforts to restore the theatre to its former glory, with performances from bestselling author Jon Ronson and musician Emmy the Great. Read more
The Soho Poly, one of London’s most important post-war alternative theatre venues and home of the Soho Theatre for almost 20 years, was based in Westminster’s Little Titchfield Street building. To mark International Women’s Day, we take a look back at the theatre’s history and the pioneering women that the theatre hosted. Read more
The Aziz Foundation is now accepting Master’s scholarship applications in six subject areas for 2022/23 at the University of Westminster. Read more
British real estate investment trust Shaftesbury PLC, has announced it will sponsor a scholarship for a student on the Real Estate BSc Honours course at the University of Westminster worth £30,000. Read more
The University of Westminster has launched a scholarship programme with the Hong Anh Medical Campus (HAMC) of Vietnam to provide scholarships for medical and health professionals in Vietnam to study in London. Read more
Global organic herbal well-being company, Pukka Herbs, are sponsoring three students at the University of Westminster totalling £123,000. Read more
To further the University’s commitment to providing education for all, the Dr Maud Tyler Final Year Care Leaver Scholarship has been launched to provide maintenance grants to five deserving care leavers over the next two academic years. Read more
An annual prize fund donated by global digital products company Tigerspike was spilt equally between 13 female students on the Software Engineering BEng Honours and Computer Science BSc Honours courses for achieving a Distinction grade. Read more