S Jennings was a Lecturer in Public Health Engineering at the Brixton School of Building. He later became Head of Department of Technician Studies at Vauxhall College of Building and Further Education.
In 1959 the Governing Body consisted of 12 members, five of whom were appointed by the London County Council, three represented departments of the Civil Service, two represented Local Government, one the County Councils' Association and one the University of London (CWC/4/1/1).
The Staff Association had its first meeting on 30 May 1960 with Mr J.D. Mellor as Chairman. There were four representatives of the teaching and library staff and two representatives of non-teaching staff on its committee. Clause 2 of its constitution noted 'the object of the Association shall be to promote within the College the professional and social welfare of its members as a whole. It shall not take any part in nor be an instrument of College Administration (CWC/1/3/1).
When the College became part of the Polytechnic of the South Bank in 1970, the Staff Association became the 'Polytechnic of the South Bank Westminster Staff Association', later becoming 'Polytechnic of the South Bank's (Westminster) Staff Association'.
South Bank University merged with the Charles West School of Nursing in 1995, enabling the University to expand its nursing education provision.
The Institute of Child Health was founded in 1946 as a postgraduate paediatrics school of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Today it is an academic department of University College London and remains the primary research partner of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
The Joint Board of Clinical Nursing Studies was set up in 1970. It became the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting in 1983, which then became the Nursing and Midwifery Council in 2002.