Establishment
West London Institute was created in 1976 from the merger of Borough Road and Maria Grey teacher training colleges and Chiswick Polytechnic. Borough Road College, on the Osterley campus, dated back to 1889 in that location, and to 1804 in its previous home on Borough Road in Southwark. As a College of Higher Education from 1976, West London received funding from local government, and it had to perform adequately in the higher education sector. It was placed under the direction of a geographer, Murie Robertson, who served as Vice-Principal. It awarded HNDs and undergraduate degrees (CNAA), and continued to train teachers. Operating over two campuses, one on St. Margaret's Road in East Twickenham, Middlesex alongside the Thames River, and the other one north on the Great West Road in Osterley, Isleworth. The Institute had a strong reputation for sport, and trained several star athletes, particularly in track and field sports and rugby. The Borough Road name persisted on the rugby field and on the sports strip.
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