Las Universidades como centros de formación, pueden tener diferentess objetivos y tendencias. En el caso de éstas, precisa que están orientadas a la investigación.
"demand" es en este caso solicitar o requerir, como condición.

VER ENLACES EN RELACIÓN A "RESEARCH-LED"
https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/academic-practice/resources/le...

http://www.creativityandcognition.com/research/practice-base...
Practice-led Research is concerned with the nature of practice and leads to new knowledge that has operational significance for that practice. The main focus of the research is to advance knowledge about practice, or to advance knowledge within practice.

http://www.utdc.vuw.ac.nz/research/rlt/rlt.pdf
A traditional approach, often known as Research-led Teaching (or research-informed, or research-based teaching) in which academics share their own disciplinary research with students, and teachthem disciplinary research methods. This approach can enhance student learning, including thedevelopment of graduate attributes, and lead to increased student enrolments and completions in graduate research programmes

RESPECTO DE LONDON UNIVERSITY COLLEGES
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/London-University

http://www.london.ac.uk/colleges_institutes.html

Colleges and Institutes
The University of London is a federal University and is one of the oldest, largest and most diverse universities in the UK. The teaching is carried out by the 17 Colleges and Institutes that comprise the University. When studying with the University you belong to a particular College as well as the University of London itself. This allows students to have access to a wide range of facilities and services.

MI INTERPRETACIÓN
Los cursos que se ofrecen son intensos pero gratificantes y están ideados/ diseñados para estimular a los estudiantes y ayudarles a potenciar/ desarrollar cualidades/ características exigidas/ requeridas por las instituciones académicas que forman parte de la mundialmente reconocida London University, por sus métodos de enseñanza basados en la investigación.

Son instituciones de nivel superior (generalmente universidades) que se caracterizan por su foco en la investigación: "dedicadas a la investigación, comprometidas con los valores de la enseñanza de alta calidad dentro de un entorno de investigación internacional competitiva". Tienen grupos de investigación muy consolidados.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_research_universities_i...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_European_Research_Uni...