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Person · fl.1913-1951
Head of the School of Photography from 1933 until his retirement in 1951.
Started at the Polytechnic as a research assistant to Mr Howard Farmer and went on to join the teaching staff of the School of Photography.
Member of staff for 38 years.
Person · 25 Jun 1873-24 Jun 1949
Member of the Polytechnic Cycling Club from 1899 until his dead. Also Vice-President of the Club. Ditchman Memorial Cup/Trophy created in his honour.
Was awarded the National Cyclists' Union's Gold Badge of Honour.
1912 appointed manager of British Olympic Road Team and also managed teams at the World Championships.
Made an associate member of the Polytechnic in 1911.
A memorial clock, funded by donations was installed in the Cyclists' room.
Person · fl.1929

Head of the Polytechnic's School of Music. Specialised in teaching piano.

In August 1929 the Governors decided to discontinue the school and Mr Bayliss took over the School as a private venture, called the Regent College of Music.

Person

Geoffrey Davies was a Principal Lecturer in Journalism and Joint International Director for the School of Media, Arts and Design. He joined the University of Westminster on staff teaching journalism and television in 2002.

After Oxford University he trained with the Thomson Organisation in Newcastle on The Journal daily newspaper and then moved to broadcast journalism with Thames News, working as producer. After a brief spell in children’s television he was the original producer of Frost on Sunday at TV-am, a format that ran on several channels for the next 21 years. Moving to cable television he worked for Music Box (a British precursor of MTV), becoming Head of Production for the company, later working at BSB directing live studio for business television.

In his freelance career Geoffrey has worked at ITN (now ITV News) as a producer, as a business manager in a broadcast television services company, made corporate videos, conducted media training and marketed satellite delivery services to business, as well as writing about the industry and technology for national and trade press. Immediately before working at Westminster as a visiting lecturer, he was at the BBC at the start of what became BBC Three.

Formerly an External Examiner for media courses at Singapore Polytechnic, he has been a judge for the RTS News Awards and has chaired the Multimedia panel. He has recently re-joined the committee of The Media Society, on which he sat for several years from 2008.

Between 2008 and 2015, he was the Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, until the School was restructured. Between September 2015 and December 2016 he spent a semester teaching in each of Beijing and Hong Kong. In May 2017 he was elected by colleagues as the Teaching Staff Representative on the University Court of Governors. Davies left the University in January 2021 to take up a teaching post in China.

Person · 19 Jun 1964 - present

Johnson worked as a journalist before entering parliament in 2001 as Conservative MP for Henley. From 2008 to 2016 Johnson served as Mayor of London, returning to parliament as MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip in 2015. Johnson was a prominent member of the campaign to leave the European Union during the 2016 Referendum. Having served as Foreign Secretary for part of Theresa May's premiership, Johnson became Prime Minister in 2019.

Wikipedia Entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Johnson

Person · 20 Feb 1951 - present

Having completed a PhD in history at the University of Edinburgh, Brown worked as a lecturer and journalist before entering parliament as Labour MP for Dunfermline East in 1983. One of the architects of New Labour, Brown served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the 1997 - 2007 Blair government. Brown succeeded Blair as Prime Minister in 2007, but his premiership was marked by the global financial crisis and subsequent recession and he failed to secure a majority in the 2010 election. Brown left parliament in 2015.

Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Brown

Person · fl.1930s-1940s
Miss W Hester was a member of the Polytechnic Rambling Club and was regularly the accompanist at the Club's annual dinner and dance in the 1930s. The Polytechnic Magazine in July 1945 announces the marriage of Winnie Hester and Freddie Ball (believed to be F Ball who was Secretary of the PRC 1925-1933 and then active member of the Old Members' Association). No reference to Winnie is found after 1945, although Fred Ball continues to be mentioned in the Polytechnic Magazine until February 1960.
Person · 1932-1992
Alumna of the Polytechnic School of Art
Obtained a pass for City and Guilds of London Institute course in Hand Embroidery in 1955 and passed the National Diploma in Design in 1956.
Won a prize for Textile Design in the School of Art's Summer Term Competition in 1955 and again in 1956 for Fabric Design And Printing.