found: Wikipedia, viewed 21 Oct. 2015:under Leeds Beckett University (Leeds Mechanics Institute was founded in 1824; later became the Leeds Institute of Science, Art and Literature; in 1927 renamed Leeds College of Technology; in 1970, the college merged with Leeds College of Commerce (founded 1845), part of Leeds College of Art (f. 1846) and Yorkshire College of Education and Home Economics (f. 1874), forming Leeds Polytechnic; in 1992 became Leeds Metropolitan University, with the right to award its own degrees)