Brunel University

Brunel University is one of the new British universities, having been founded within the last half century.

Runnymede

At Runnymede, the halls of residence built in the Shoreditch College era were named after staff (Scrivens, Marshall, Bradley, Reed, Rowan). Existing buildings were named in the Royal Indian Engineering College era, such as President Hall (where the College president resided) and College Hall. These fine Victorian buildings were built by Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, who had been Isambard Kingdom Brunel's architect for Paddington Station in London, and also for the famous Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge (now the Judge Institute). Corridors in President and College Halls were named after prominent British and Anglo-Indian figures, such as George Canning, Warren Hastings, Richard Wellesley and Charles Cornwallis.

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Runnymede - Halls of residence - Shoreditch - Royal Indian Engineering College - Matthew Digby Wyatt - Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Paddington - Addenbrooke's Hospital - Cambridge - Judge Institute - George Canning - Warren Hastings - Richard Wellesley - Charles Cornwallis

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Because of Runnymede's Brunel Design graduates' eminence in many new media and web industries in east London (particularly Shoreditch and Hoxton, the term "Shoreditch College" has sometimes become applied as a back-formation nickname for Brunel's Design school, perhaps independently of historical knowledge about the origins of the design school, but probably reinforced by the pre-existence of the name.

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New media - Shoreditch - Hoxton - Back-formation

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