London College of Communication

London College of Communication
Established	1894
Location	London, United Kingdom
Campus	Elephant & Castle
Affiliations	University of the Arts London
Website	www.lcc.arts.ac.uk

The London College of Communication (LCC) (formerly the London College of Printing, and briefly London College of Printing and Distributive Trades) is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. The college is located in Elephant and Castle, South London, and was originally based in Stamford Street, Waterloo. It specialises in media and design courses, such as publishing, print, and graphic design. The college is one of the seven national Skillset Screen Academies.

In 2007, the college has established the Stanley Kubrick Archive, based on the collection of the film director Stanley Kubrick.

Affiliations

The London College of Communication is a sister college of Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Art.

Cutbacks and Closures

LCC was the site of student protests and sit-ins in November 2009, as students expressed anger over proposed course closures and staff redundancies. Approximately 100 students tried to occupy the office of Sandra Kemp, the head of the college, in protest over what one student said was lack of supervision for dissertations.^[1] Students later occupied a lecture theater; the university then hired private security guards who tried to remove the protesting students. After this attempt failed (when a member of academic staff questioned their right to touch the students), the university summoned the police who prevailed upon the protesters to leave the building. Several students are now facing disciplinary action, including suspension.^[2]

The director of the university's course in public relations resigned over the proposed cutbacks, asserting that the cutbacks meant there was insufficient staff to provide the necessary teaching on the course. Much of the teaching is now to be supplied by sessional lecturers on short-term contracts^[1], and a member of the teaching staff asserts that sackings have resulted in cancelled lectures and students being left without dissertation supervisors.^[3]

Notable alumni

• Ralph Steadman (Political Cartoonist, Satirist and Illustrator)
• Charles Saatchi (Advertising Executive)
• Paul Anderson (Journalist and Author)
• Harry Beck (Graphic Designer and former Tutor)
• Brian Behan (Writer and former Lecturer)
• Neville Brody (Graphic Designer)
• Nick Bell (Graphic Designer)
• Nicholas Brooks (HESA pioneer)
• Sir Clive Martin (former Lord Mayor of London and chairman of MPG, an international printing and communication company)
• Peter Bialobrzeski (Photographer)
• Helen Boaden (Head of BBC News)
• Molly Dineen (Documentary Filmmaker)
• Maryam Moshiri (BBC News Presenter)
• Craig Doyle (BBC and RTÉ Presenter)
• Laurence Dunmore (Graphic Designer and Film Director)
• Richard Eckersley (Book Designer)
• Frode Fjerdingstad (Photographer)
• Juliette Foster (Journalist)
• Anthony Froshaug (Typographer)
• Tomás Graves (book designer, author, musician and son of Robert Graves)
• Charlotte Hawkins (News Presenter)
• Mark Johnson (Horse racing announcer)
• Rut Blees Luxemburg (Photographer)
• Rankin (Photographer and co-founder Dazed & Confused Magazine)
• Tony Ray-Jones (Photographer)
• Steve Richards (Journalist and Broadcaster)
• Roman Osin (Cinematographer and Photographer)
• Jane Root (former Controller of BBC Two)
• Sophy Rickett (Photographer, visual artist)
• Anthony Dod Mantle (Cinematographer)
• William Alden (Printer)
• Garry Bushell (Journalist and Television presenter)
• Jefferson Hack (Magazine Publisher)
• Kate Thornton (Television Presenter)
• Rebekah Wade (Editor of The Sun)
• Marcus Bleasdale (Photojournalist VII)

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