One of our most iconic founding institutions, the Hornsey College of Art, becomes a hub for progressive art. It’s here where the arts curriculum and student democracy were pioneered, leading to the famous student sit-in in 1968. Hornsey College of Art was founded by Charles Swinstead, an artist and teacher, who had a vision for an art institution following breakthrough reforms in art education in the 1960s. Hornsey, is one of only two art schools that remained open during World War II.
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan buys a house in Ponders End High Street that becomes the Ediswan Institute – another one of our founding institutions – to offer lifelong learning to workers of his factory. This later became the Ponders End Technical Institute and then the Enfield College of Technology
Professor Ambrose Fleming begins work on the thermionic valve as a project for Sir Joseph Swan at the Ediswan Institute. The valve was used to construct Colossus, the world’s first electronic computer, which cracked the German ‘Enigma’ code and helped win World War II
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