New London Graduate School

The New London Graduate School is a consortium of five partner universities: Anglia Ruskin University, Greenwich University, The University of East London, Middlesex University and London South Bank University. The NLGS offers Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding to postgraduate applicants at these universities and provides seminars and training opportunities to all postgraduate students at these universities.

The school is chaired by Dr Alan White of UEL where the NLGS administration takes place.

History

The New London Graduate School (NLGS) was formed in November 2009 when the universities of East London, Greenwich, London Metropolitan, London South Bank and Middlesex University applied to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for recognition as a Doctoral Training Unit (DTU). Although this application was unsuccessful, the five universities continue their proposed programme.

In January 2011 they received to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for a Block Grant Partnership: Capacity Building (BGP:CB) award . In December 2011 London Metropolitan University decided to leave the consortium. In December 2011 Anglia Ruskin University joined the consortium, which kept the NLGS name despite the addition of a partner located in Essex and Cambridgeshire.