About
Bloomsbury Institute is a higher education provider in central London offering undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses in business management, accounting, and law. The Institute was founded in 2002 as the London School of Business and Management and adopted its current name in 2018.
In 2023, the National Student Survey ranked Bloomsbury Institute 2nd in the UK for overall student positivity (averaging all questions in the National Student Survey, excluding FE colleges and specialist providers). Compared to all other London universities (excluding specialist providers) Bloomsbury Institute also ranked 1st best for their Law course (2nd in England), 2nd best for their Business course (3rd in England) and 3rd best for their Accounting course (14th in England).
Prior to 2016, Bloomsbury Institute concentrated on delivering HND programmes, awarded by Pearson Education, after which it shifted to primarily offering degrees validated by the University of Northampton. The last recruitment onto HND courses was in September 2015 and the first recruitment onto the new BA courses was in January 2016.
In 2022, Lord David Neuberger, Former President of the Supreme Court, opened Bloomsbury Institute’s Law Clinic, offering free legal advice to people who can’t afford a solicitor and do not qualify for legal aid. Initially focusing on Housing Law, the Clinic is run by academics from the Institute’s Law Faculty and local solicitors. Bloomsbury Institute students can also volunteer at the Clinic, as Law Clinic Advisors.
Bloomsbury Institute launched an in-house radio station, Bloomsbury Radio, in 2020. The station broadcasts a range of programmes and provides opportunities for students who wish to train as presenters as well as off-air in production, scheduling and compliance.
In 2019, the Office for Students refused the institute's application for registration, which meant that its students could not apply for student loans. The Office for Students gave the reasons as concerns