Camberwell Timeline

1898
The Technical Institute was opened on 6 January 1898 by Sir Edward Poynter, President of the Royal Academy.
Cecil Laurence Burns was the first Principal of the school.

1899
William Bower Dalton appointed Principal. 

1903
The original building was extended.

1920
Stanley Thorogood appointed Principal.
The Junior Art School (later Secondary Art School) was established. This provided preliminary training for students aged 14-16 years. It closed in 1958 when the policy of separating secondary and further education was established.

1938
William Johnstone appointed Principal.

1948
Leonard Daniels appointed Principal.

1973
New purpose-built block was built. 

1975
Ian Tregarthen Jenkin appointed Principal.

1976
Camberwell took over the former premises of Wilson School on Wilson Road. 

1986
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts became a constituent college of the London Institute, formed by the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA).

1989
Renamed Camberwell College of Arts.

2000
The Art History department closed and was replaced by PPD.

2004
The London Institute was granted university status and was renamed University of the Arts London.