London Guildhall University
Under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 the Polytechnic was awarded University status, previously having awarded the degrees of the former Council for National Academic Awards. London Guildhall University was named in order to show its links with the City of London and the City's many guilds/livery companies. It was unassociated with the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, based at the Barbican Centre. The schools was ranked 30th out of the UK's 43 new universities in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.
Following the merger with North London, London Metropolitan became the largest unitary university in London. It includes the Sir John Cass Department of Art, Media and Design and Sir John Cass Hall of Residence, so named because of the continued support of the Sir John Cass Foundation. In 2002, the unconnected City University Business School became the Sir John Cass Business School for similar reasons.
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