Its origins are in education for the printing and retail industries; it now specialises in media-related subjects including advertising, animation, film, graphic design, photography and sound arts.

Annual portfolios of student work were assembled during the years that the printing school was administered by St Bride Foundation.

About 100 students tried to occupy the office of Sandra Kemp, the head of the college at that time, in protest over the lack of supervision for dissertations.

This failed when a member of academic staff questioned their right to touch the students and police were summoned who prevailed upon the protesters to leave the building.

[5] In 2011 an inquiry by the Quality Assurance Agency into restructuring at the LCC found standards were so badly affected by course closures that the marks of some students were raised to compensate.

The report followed complaints by students relating to the restructuring, including claims that quality had been 'severely compromised' and that those studying were not informed of the plans before enrolment.