Staff member, Department of Architecture, Polytechnic of the South Bank.
Background
Leathard, Audrey Mary was born on April 22, 1935 in London.
Education
Bachelor in Social Studies with honors, Hull (United Kingdom) University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Administration, London School of Economics, 1978.
Career
General secretary, Davies's School of English, London, 1955-1960; teacher, Hull U., 1965-1972; senior lecturer, South Bank Polytechnic, London, 1980; reader, South Bank University, London, 1989-1995; visiting professor interprofessional studies, South Bank University, London, from 1995.
The Learning Resources Centre at 105 Borough Road was built as centre for the University's computing and electronic resources and also to house the language centre. Work began on 17th July 1995 and was officially opened on 19 September 1996 by Lord Sheppard of Didgemere.
Produced by the Learning and Skills Development Agency on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills
Portfolios were kept by the Unit for each year providing an overview of the work achieved and information on: project and consultancy work; training and courses provided; publications and resources produced; conferences, seminars and events organised and attended; links with international groups and work related to government initiatives.
The Afro-Caribbean Language & Literacy Project (ACLLP) began in 1984 with Section 11 funding. It worked through classroom-based staff development along with other resources and succeeded in changing attitudes to Creole and Caribbean languages, enabling people to value their own linguistic heritage and in many cases see their languages written down for the first time.
Lambeth College was formed in June 1992 by the London Borough of Lambeth, and comprised the former Brixton, South London and Vauxhall Colleges. In 2019 the College became part of South Bank Colleges, managed by London South Bank University.
Brixton College had premises in Barrington Road and Ferndale Road, Brixton.
South London College had premises at Knights Hill, Tower Bridge and leased facilities for horticulture at the Honor Oak Training Centre.
Vauxhall College had premsises at Belmore Street, Springfield, Kennington and Deeley Road.
The newly incorporated College inherited part of the former Henry Thornton School, Clapham Common which has been mothballed since 1986. Work was completed on the building in 19994, and the Barrington Road and Kennington sites were closed.
School of Legal, Political and Social Sciences, South Bank University
Peter Kyle was made an Honorary Fellow of the University in 2005 in recognition of his work as Chief Executive of the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
John, Baron Krebs is an English zoologist researching in the field of behavioural ecology of birds. He was the Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council 1994–1999 and in 1999 was knighted. From 2000–2005 he was the first Chairman of the British Food Standards Agency.
Lord Krebs (then known as Sir John Krebs) was made an Honorary Doctor of Science in 2003.
John Kirkland was a lecturer and teacher of Bread-Making at the National Bakery School, Borough Polytechnic Institute
William Kirk taught Work Study at South Bank Polytechnic from 1972, having previously worked for the Morgan Crucible Company and for Decca in work study. He died on 22nd September 1996, aged 85.
King George Hospital, Ilford, Essex, started in 1912 as the Ilford Emergency Hospital to serve the Ilford, Barking and Dagenham areas with 20 beds. During WW1 it became an approved military hospital with 56 beds.