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In December 2009 the Research and Business Development Office (RBDO) at LSBU held an event to raise awareness of business enterprise and how best to succeed as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Guest speakers included James Caan, a judge on BBC's Dragon's Den.

David Adjaye OBE was made an Honorary Doctor of Sciences, Maggi Hambling CBE was made an Honorary Doctor of Letters, Dame Karlene Davis was made an Honorary Fellow of the University and Peter Tatchell was made an Honorary Doctor of Laws.

Associates were elected by the Polytechnic's Governors in recognition of honorary services rendered to the Institute for a number of years. Associates had all the benefits of membership of the Polytechnic but without the payment of fees and were presented with a certificate of Associateship.

In 1970 the Borough Polytechnic Institute merged with the Brixton School of Building, City of Westminster College and National College for Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration and Fan Engineering to form the Polytechnic of the South Bank. The Designation Ceremony took place at the Royal Festival Hall on the South Bank on 22nd November 1971. Margaret Thatcher, the Education Secretary at the time was the special guest.

The Policy Committee was established in 1981 as a sub-committee of the Council with the following terms of reference:

-To review the Polytechnic's activities;

-To determine strategic policy for the development of the Polytechnic;

-To work in co-operation with the Strategic Planning Committee of the Academic Board;

-To review general provision for student support services.

The Committee for Student Affairs acted as an advisory forum at which representatives of the Student Union could raise matters of concern to senior management. It had the right to make recommendations to the Executive Board, Board of Governors and the Academic Board. The Committee was originally called the Joint Committee for Student Affairs, but was renamed the Committee for Student Affairs in September 1992 after revising its membership and terms of reference. The Committee was disbanded and the final meeting held in June 2011.

The Appointments Committee was established in December 1990 and exists to consider and ratify recommendations from the Nominations Committee to appoint people to sit on the Board of Governors. It is a committee of the Board of Governors.

The Nominations Committee was established in July 1995 to consider nominations for positions on the Board of Governors and to make recommendations to the Appointments Committee. The Nominations Committee is a committee of the Board of Governors.

The Research Degrees Committee is a sub-committee of the Academic Board (LSBU/3/1). Its main responsibilities are to approve programmes of work proposed in applications for degrees of MPhil or PhD and to complete the examination process by advising the Academic Board of degrees to be conferred. The Committee ceased in August 2015 and the University Research Board of Study was set up instead (see LSBU/3/23)

Members of the Committee were appointed by nomination from the Executive Dean of the relevant Faculty.