London School of Management Education (informally LSME) is a for-profit private Higher education in the United Kingdom. LSME was founded in 2007 by Dr Ravi Kumar and Dr Sarita Parhi. It is currently listed as an alternative Higher Education provider (AP). The School offers diplomas, undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Business Management, Teacher Training, Health and Social Care and Hospitality and Tourism. To support the UK government's effort to bridge the widening gap of educationally and economically deprived children and young people and also young people with special needs and those in the category of Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET), LSME has an ambitious Access and Participation Plan, which is approved by the Office for Students. LSME has students who are from 35 nationalities enrolled across its Diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. All degrees are awarded by external institutions. History The London School of Management Education was established as an academic learning centre for the less privileged to take up Higher Education. The Founders Dr. Ravi Kumar (Executive Director) and Dr. Sarita Parhi (Principal), set up the College at the Knowledge Dock of the University of East London, University Way, Royal Docks, London. It officially started in 2007 with the delivery of teacher training courses for the UK and EU learners. In 2009, the school began delivering Diploma in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector programme for government funding and gradually introduced the Health and Social Care and Business Management qualifications in 2010. LSME further introduced Higher National Diploma and BSc in Health and Social Care and Business qualifications in addition to the Diploma in Education and Training programme. Further programmes; BSc International Tourism and Hospitality Management, Master of Education and MSc Business Management have been added to the portfolio of programmes delivered. 2009 – 48 Bishopsgate and thereafter moved into a rented property at Curtain Road, London. 2013 - To further widen its scope of the provision, the school began holding some of its classes in another rented property on Monteagale Court, Wakering Road, Barking. 2017 - LSME officially opened its new premises in Gants Hill (Cambrian House on Cranbrook Road) in a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony held on the 20th of April 2017. The event was attended by The Lord Northbrook, Cllr Gurdial Bhamra, the Mayor of the London Borough of Redbridge, Mr Mike Gapes, the (then) MP for Ilford South, Hassan Shifau, the Deputy Ambassador for