West London Institute of Higher Education - Alumni

Alumni

• Paul Dickenson, hammer thrower and BBC commentator.
• Caroline Strong, English stage and screen actress.
• Ian Taylor (1976) GB Hockey goalkeeper and Olympic gold medalist
• Kevin Bowring (1978) Wales National Ruby Union coach
• Kathy Smallwood-Cook (1981) 13 medals at the Olympics, World, European and Commonwealth Games in athletics
• Paul Stimpson (1981) GB and England Basketball Captain and most capped player of all time
• Paul Honeyford, a successful author and linguist
• Richard Hill (flanker) Rugby international cap.
• Dr Tarjei Park, theologian, author of The English Mystics (1998), and Selfhood and Gostly Menyng in some Middle English Mystics (2002).
• Ian Tullett (1991) Commonwealth Games silver medal; pole jump
• Olympic athlete Iwan Thomas, Silver medallist for 400m at the Commonwealth Games (2002); European 400m Champion (1998), Gold medallist in the 4 x 400m team at the European Championships (1998); Silver medalist in the 4 x 400m Relay at the Olympics (1996) and a member of the winning 4 x 400m relay team at the World Championships (1997)
• Dave Heaven, a musician.
• Jason Wing. Olympic Bobsleigh team 1994 (European Silver medallist 4-man 1994), GB Students Rugby League and professional Rugby League player (Fulham and London Crusaders)
• Courtney Rumbolt. Olympic Bobsleigh team & Bronze medallist from 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano)
• Dave Rotheram. St Helen's RL coach and Scotland RL Coach
• Steven Callow. Professional rugby League player with Fulham RL
• Roddy Smith. Scotland Cricket. CEO of Scotland Cricket
• Bill Wynn. GB and England Decathlete
• Jamie Quarry. Decathlete and Bronze medallist from Commonwealth Games 2002 (Manchester)
• Fraser Lewry. Author of the book "Kittenwar", The Guardian newspaper food writer and music journalist
• Keith Power, GB Bobsleigher and Olympic Coach and High Performance Director at University of California, Berkeley
• John Davies, 3000m Steeplechase athlete. Silver Medalist 1974 Commonwealth Games - Christchurch, New Zealand

Former staff of some renown include:

• Prof Gavin D'Costa, theologian, University of Bristol.
• Prof. Bill McGuire, UCL, geologist, TV presenter and author
• Prof. Iain Stewart, University of Plymouth, earth sciences television presenter and geologist
• Prof. David Marsland, "new right" sociologist.
• Prof. Della Fish, Professor of Education, Swansea University
• Prof. Christine Bold, School of English & Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, Canada