a networked "New Learning Environment" for undergraduate students, involving a shift to online delivery and assessment. The NLE was discontinued in this form, and Fitzgerald resigned in 1998 following a negative Quality Assurance Agency report stating there were "significant management failures" in the delivery of this model. The University suffered severe financial shortfalls in the years that followed.
== Notable people ==
=== Alumni ===
==== In politics ====
Yang Jiechi, Chinese diplomat
Diane James, former leader of the UK Independence Party
James Cleverly MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Braintree, Foreign Secretary before being appointed Home Secretary in November 2023
Noh Bin Omar, a Malaysian Politician
Faisal Karim Kundi, Politician and Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh, Chief Justice of Malaysia 2025
==== In the media, music and film industry ====
Several alumni of the University of West London are artists, musicians, Oscar nominees and winners:
Fiona Adams, Ealing Art College - leading 1960s pop photographer
Emma Anderson, English musician, songwriter, guitarist and singer in the band Lush
Rebecca Harris (filmmaker), producer of The Silent Child, 2018 winner of the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Jay Kay, British singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of Jamiroquai
Alex da Kid, English record producer and songwriter, now based in Los Angeles
Freddie Mercury, Ealing Art College – lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen
Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly, 2013 Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film
Robert Orton, engineer and producer who worked with Trevor Horn, the Police, and won two Grammys for mixing Lady Gaga
Ben Salter, musician who worked with Nile Rodgers in the United States
Little Simz, Mercury Prize nominated British rapper and actress
Matt Tong of Bloc Party
Pete Townshend, Ealing Art College – English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author
Ronnie Wood, Ealing Art College - rock musician, songwriter, artist and author
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