A typical day in London
Today is a typical London day: white clouds float in a blue sky, over red buses and black taxis. The roads are humming with cars and lorries, all going somewhere, and doing something for someone. The pavements are filled with a rich diversity of people: hairstyles and dress sense sometimes challenge the imagination, but lift the soul as London ‘smiles’ on its open-minded diversification. Yes, London is open for business!
Shoreditch has pulled itself up in a transformation which has been the result of courageous and far-sighted people who could see the potential of bringing in better-class restaurants, bars and bistros, and who could see the appeal of living so near to the City.
Our students in London
Some of our teaching weekends take place in our college in the heart of London. The bustling city around us, the classrooms high up with wonderful views, and the sounds of students in the building - that is our favourite way to go through the week!
And here in Shoreditch is ECBM. Solidly the building stands in Great Eastern Street, as it has for many years, and watches over the transformation of the area, the attraction of the young and fashionable, the City people, the artists, and the evolution of Shoreditch into a brighter vibrant place. Inside the building, there is continuity, as more transformation and evolution take place, in the lives of our students, who will focus and apply themselves, open their minds, learn and understand, and rise to even brighter careers.
As an ECBM academic, sharing the transformations, and being part of the evolution of our students, I would not wish to be anywhere else. Come and join us in the heart of London!
Graham Harman-Baker
