The University of London is a federation of 18 separately incorporated, self-governing, directly-funded Colleges, together with a range of central academic activities. All award University of London degrees, collectively ensure the standards of the University's degrees and are research-based higher education institutions committed to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching of the highest quality in a research environment. Some of the member Colleges are large multi-faculty institutions: others are smaller, specialised institutions.

The University of Westminster is a modern, forward-looking metropolitan university with a distinguished history of service to London and its various communities. Our commitment is to educating for professional life, and we seek to serve London and the wider international community. We combine world-leading research centres with teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels aimed at quality and widening access.

The University of Westminster has always been conscious of its position at the centre of one of the world's three leading centres for business and finance. We provide courses specifically tailored for business at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in our Westminster Business School (central London) and our Harrow Business School (north-west London). We also provide a range of research and consultancy services, as well as tailor-made courses, for business.

Middlesex University, in north London, is a place for people with potential. Our modern courses focus firmly on life skills as well as the very latest thinking. More than 25,000 students study with us on campus and many more are taking Middlesex courses around the world. Teaching and research have excellence ratings and an international reputation. Middlesex University Bounds Green London N11 2NQ Tel:+44 (0)20 8411 5000 www.mdx.ac.uk

Middlesex University has professional consultancy experience with more than a 1,000 clients worldwide - in sectors from IT, Comms and business to the creative, social/health and humanitarian. Our applied research has national and international ratings - and is firmly focused on real world issues. Hence our client portfolio of PLCs and small businesses to central governments and the non-profit sector.

Founded 1823 and Bloomsbury based,Birkbeck has the highest proportion of research active staff of any multi-faculty university or college in London. Specialising in part-time postgraduates but also with strong undergraduate and continuing education programmes. Subjects with great international reputations include crystallography, economics, history, history of art, law, philosophy, psychology.

Birkbeck's Business Relations Unit provides guidance on courses to meet an organisation's staff development needs. Tailor-made training courses can be arranged in some disciplines. The high number of research-active staff offers a wide range of expertise to undertake research or consultancy. Rooms are available for hire in central London.

Goldsmiths - the UK's leading creative university and a major college of the University of London - aims to be pre-eminent in the study and practice of creative, cognitive, cultural and social processes.

Goldsmiths has established PureGoldsmiths Limited to provide contract research and consultancy for the Creative and Cultural Industries. This year we have spun-out three companies that range from Broadcast TV and Media Researh to Textile Conservation. We work for international organisations, governments and business, and provide a comprehensive service from research to specialist training.

LSE is a world-class social science teaching and research institution. Around 7,700 undergraduates and postgraduates from over 120 countries study programmes through 18 departments and more than 30 research centre and institutes. Led by Director Anthony Giddens, LSE combines high research and teaching ratings with active widening participation and scholarships schemes.

LSE is a world-class social science teaching and research institution. In 2001 LSE was rated second in the UK for its high quality research into areas such as risk, regulation, globalisation, financial markets and other socio-economic issues. LSE offers the Trium Executive MBA with HEC Paris and NYU Stern, through Enterprise LSE.

London Business School aims to transform the futures of all who come here, through a commitment to innovative research and teaching. Located in the heart of London which offers students, faculty and staff the chance to work and learn at the hub of European business life in one of the foremost cities in the world.

The world offers few opportunities for ambitious executives to be inspired by foremost business practitioners. Executive Education at London Business School provides such opportunities. Open and customised programmes enable hard-pressed executives to stand back from events, discuss the latest thinking and exchange experiences that will accelerate their leadership development.

LSHTM is a research-led postgraduate medical school. The School provides a national and international focus for public health and tropical medicine where clinical, population, laboratory and social science expertise are integrated to fulfil its mission to contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching, advanced training and consultancy.

LSHTM is a research-led postgraduate medical school. The School provides a national and international focus for public health and tropical medicine where clinical, population, laboratory and social science expertise are integrated to fulfil its mission to contribute to the improvement of health worldwide through the pursuit of excellence in research, postgraduate teaching, advanced training and consultancy.