BLE History
History
The BLE collaboration was established by LSHTM (the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), the RVC (Royal Veterinary College) and SOAS in 2004, and was joined in 2005 by the IoE (now known as the UCL Institute of Education), Birkbeck in 2007, University of London in 2015, UCL in 2019 (in conjunction with IoE), City St. George's (as an associate member) in 2021 and Tavistock & Portman in 2024. The BLE's core services have been to provide mutual benefits, including shared technical support, pedagogical expertise, cost efficiencies on licence fees and collaborative funding opportunities.
The BLE collaboration was established by LSHTM (the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), the RVC (Royal Veterinary College) and SOAS in 2004, and was joined in 2005 by the IoE (now known as the UCL Institute of Education), Birkbeck in 2007, University of London in 2015, UCL in 2019 (in conjunction with IoE), City St. George's (as an associate member) in 2021 and Tavistock & Portman in 2024. The BLE's core services have been to provide mutual benefits, including shared technical support, pedagogical expertise, cost efficiencies on licence fees and collaborative funding opportunities.
Brief timeline including milestones of organisational development
I'm proud to support and chair this valuable and successful collaboration.
Jonathon Thomas, Associate Director of Learning Solutions at University of London Worldwide and Chair of the BLE
