45-512: The Greenwich Maritime Centre (GMI) is a part of the University of Greenwich . Established in 1998, it provides a specialist postgraduate and research institute within the large multi-faculty University of Greenwich. The aims of the GMC are to engage in and facilitate scholarly research, to disseminate and publicise research findings, to provide postgraduate teaching, to develop maritime education, to act as
90-495: A 2006 television advertisement campaign for the British food and clothing retailer Marks & Spencer . Other films include Four Weddings and a Funeral , The Madness of King George , The Mummy Returns , The Avengers (1998) and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). More recent filming has included BBC television's spy-drama Spooks and the dramatisation of Little Dorrit , David Cronenberg 's film Eastern Promises ,
135-498: A cafe in the film's final scenes. In April 2012 the site was used for the iconic barricade scenes in the film adaption of the musical Les Miserables . In October 2012 the college was used for filming Thor: The Dark World . In October 2013 the college was used as a set for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. . Also Guy Richie 's 2005 film Revolver filmed a scene there. In 2014, the Old Royal Naval College announced that it
180-533: A café, canteen, shop, launderette, bicycle parking, and a gym. Medway Campus has 350 rooms across five halls of residence dedicated to student accommodation. Greenwich Students' Union is the university's students' union. In October 2019, the GSU Student Assembly voted to ask the university to declare a climate emergency and for the university and union sustainability strategies to consult with students in creating them. This call to action aimed to speed up
225-558: A campus in Medway , Kent, as part of a shared campus . The university's range of subjects includes architecture, business, computing, mathematics, education, engineering, humanities, maritime studies , natural sciences, pharmacy and social sciences. The university dates back to 1890, when Woolwich Polytechnic , the second-oldest polytechnic in the United Kingdom, opened in Woolwich . It
270-479: A computer-aided design studio and a training dispensary. The Drill Hall Library has computers, study areas and teaching rooms. Social facilities include a sports hall, bar, gym and outdoor tennis courts. The university is a member of Universities at Medway , a partnership of educational establishments at Chatham Maritime that is developing the area as a major higher education centre in the Medway region. Greenwich Campus
315-667: A forum for exploration of maritime issues, to serve as a source of expertise for business and government and to provide cost-effective consultancy services. The GMC provides an active centre for studying maritime history and is located in The Old Royal Naval College , Greenwich, across the road from the National Maritime Museum . 51°29′0″N 0°0′20″W / 51.48333°N 0.00556°W / 51.48333; -0.00556 This United Kingdom university, college or other education institution article
360-694: A full faculty of the university. Formerly a UK government research agency, the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) was incorporated into the university in 1996. In 2001, the university gave up its historic main campus in the Bathway Quarter in Woolwich, relocating to its current main campus in Greenwich . Academic disciplines at Greenwich are organised into four faculties which host a range of subject expertise within them: The university also has
405-475: A general shop and a launderette. The Dome, in the centre of the complex, houses a food outlet and gym. Rugby, football, indoor pitches, netball and tennis courts, are also on Avery Hill campus. The facility, which was built by Wimpey Construction under a PFI contract, was completed in 1996. The Medway Campus is located on a former Royal Navy shorebase (called HMS Pembroke ) opened in 1903 at Chatham Maritime, Kent. The Faculty of Engineering and Science
450-571: A large library at Stockwell Street which houses an extensive collection of books and journals, language labs and a 300-PC computing facility. Other facilities include specialist computer laboratories, including one at Dreadnought centre, a TV studio and editing suites. The Stephen Lawrence Gallery, in the Stockwell Street building, showcases the work of contemporary artists and is linked to the School of Design. The award-winning Dreadnought Building hosts
495-684: A number of professional service directorates that support students and the Faculties. Greenwich Campus is located mainly in the Old Royal Naval College , into which it moved in the 1990s when the premises were sold by the Royal Navy . The campus is home to the Business School, the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences and The Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences. The campus also includes
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#1732869924358540-520: A typical 80-hour week, all workers joined UVW union . After four strike days in October 2019, and protests disrupting the annual graduation ceremony and a board meeting, Greenwich University announced in early January 2020 that all outsourced cafe workers, cleaners and security guards would receive the London living wage of £10.55, in addition to the same sick pay and annual leave as university staff. In 2018,
585-514: A wide variety of business and cultural events are held in the Painted Hall. The area is used by visitors, students, local people and film crews in a traffic-free environment that provides a variety of coffee shops, bars and restaurants, all incorporated within the old buildings, as part of a unique "ancient and modern" blend that support 21st century life in Greenwich. The Old Royal Naval College and
630-547: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . University of Greenwich The University of Greenwich is a public university located in London and Kent , United Kingdom . Previous names include Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic . The university's main campus is at the Old Royal Naval College , which along with its Avery Hill campus, is located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich . Greenwich also has
675-495: Is based here, as is the Natural Resources Institute, a centre for research, consultancy and education in natural and human resources. It is also the home of Medway School of Pharmacy, a joint school operated by the Universities of Greenwich and Kent. The Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences also offers a number of its courses at Medway, including Midwifery and Paramedic Sciences. Facilities include laboratories, workshops,
720-771: Is near 74-hectare Greenwich Park , home to the Royal Observatory, Greenwich . The Stockwell Street Building opened in 2014 and is now home to the campus library, film and TV studios, and editing suites. In 2015, it was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize for architecture. The Dreadnought Building is a central hub for the Greenwich Campus and hosts the Greenwich Students Union and Student Services. The Student Village at Avery Hill Campus provides accommodation for around 1,000 students. On-site facilities include
765-474: Is regularly used for filming television programmes, television advertisements, and feature films. Productions have included The Bounty , where captain William Bligh portrayed by Anthony Hopkins is brought in a Chariot at the start of the film, and judged during subsequent scenes. Patriot Games , where an attack on a fictional royal family member, Lord Holmes, was filmed, as well as Shanghai Knights , and
810-596: The City of London College (1988) were incorporated. In 1992, Thames Polytechnic was granted university status by the Major government (together with various other polytechnics) and renamed the University of Greenwich in 1993. On 1 January 1993, the Thames College of Health Care Studies, itself a merger of three local nursing and midwifery training schools, officially merged with the newly designated University of Greenwich, becoming
855-647: The Royal Arsenal ; William Anderson , director-general of the Ordnance Factories, was a trustee and later a member of the board of governors. Its premises were also used for day schools – the first Woolwich Polytechnic School was established in 1897. In 1970, Woolwich Polytechnic merged with part of Hammersmith College of Art and Building to form Thames Polytechnic . In the following years, Dartford College (1976), Avery Hill College of Education (1985), Garnett College (1987) and parts of Goldsmiths College and
900-515: The Royal Navy . The Royal Navy finally left the college in 1998 when the site passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College. Since 1998, the site has had new life breathed into it through a mix of new uses and activities and a revival of the historic old site under the management and control of the Greenwich Foundation. The buildings are Grade I listed . In 1999 some parts of Queen Mary and King William, and
945-535: The film adaptation of Philip Pullman 's novel Northern Lights and The Wolf Man (2009). The grounds were used extensively during the filming of 2006's Amazing Grace , and 2011's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows , Now You See Me 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides . Scenes were shot at the grounds for The King's Speech , where the site doubled for Buckingham Palace , and The Dark Knight Rises , where it doubled for
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#1732869924358990-495: The "Maritime Greenwich" World Heritage site are becoming focal points for a wide range of business and community activities. Trinity College of Music provide a wide range of musicians and ensembles on a subsidised commercial basis to play at events throughout East London and beyond, part of their business and community "out-reach" policy encouraged and part-funded by the Higher Education Funding Council. The site
1035-530: The Chapel and the Painted Hall. The Painted Hall was painted between 1707 and 1726 by Sir James Thornhill . The hospital closed in 1869 and the remains of thousands of sailors and officers were removed from the hospital site in 1875 and reinterred in East Greenwich Pleasaunce or "Pleasaunce Park". In 1873, four years after the hospital closed, the buildings were converted to a training establishment for
1080-536: The Crown in the 15th century. Rebuilt by Henry VII , it was thenceforth more commonly known as Greenwich Palace. As such, it was the birthplace of Tudor monarchs Henry VIII , Mary I , and Elizabeth I , and reputedly the favourite palace of Henry VIII. The palace fell into disrepair during the English Civil War . With the exception of a then incomplete John Webb building, the palace was finally demolished in 1694, with
1125-853: The Greenwich & Kent Students' Unions Together (once the Universities at Medway Students Association, UMSA). Greenwich Students' Union has a mascot called The Cutty Shark and a presence at Avery Hill, Greenwich and Medway campus. Greenwich research seeks to influence and enhance health , education , science , engineering , computing and social policy , and attracts international agencies, government departments and global corporations (for example, Pfizer , GlaxoSmithKline , BAE Systems , Airbus , GE Aviation and Merck Consumer Health ) from over 50 countries. Significant areas of research and consultancy include landscape architecture, employment relations, fire safety, natural resources, tourism and hospitality, social network analysis, education, training, educational leadership and public services. The university
1170-504: The Greenwich Learning and Simulation Centre (GLASC) which replicates NHS wards, a critical care unit, a simulated pediatric and birthing centre and operating theatre. GLASC enables student trainees and experienced health professionals to gain hands-on experience and learn new clinical skills by engaging in multi-professional simulation activities. The student village complex at Avery Hill provides student self-catering accommodation,
1215-538: The Greenwich Maritime Institute, a specialist maritime management, policy and history teaching and research institute, and the Institute for Lifecourse Development. The Old Royal Naval College includes "The Painted Hall", painted in the 18th century by Sir James Thornhill , with over 40,000 square feet of painted surfaces including 200 painting of kings, queens and mythological creatures. The campus has
1260-647: The Students Union and the Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences. It has psychology and neuroscience laboratories, an early years simulated classroom, a gym, a bar, a cafe, computer laboratories, and teaching and social spaces for students. The building was formerly the Dreadnought Seaman's hospital, named after the HMS Dreadnought quarantine and hospital ship which was moored on the Thames at Greenwich in
1305-578: The UK and internationally; in 2015 it won a prize for work on the cassava crop in Africa. In 2023, the university has been classified as Gold in Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) of Higher Education. In 2019, the university's main cafeteria was operated by BaxterStorey, which paid its workers £9.25 per hour without contractual sick pay. After a chef had collapsed on his way home from a shift during
1350-623: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation ( UNESCO ) as being of "outstanding universal value" and reckoned to be the "finest and most dramatically sited architectural and landscape ensemble in the British Isles". Formerly the site of a royal palace, the old college was originally constructed to serve as the Royal Navy 's Greenwich Hospital , designed by Christopher Wren , and built between 1696 and 1712. The hospital closed in 1869 and so between 1873 and 1998
1395-574: The University of Greenwich started a partnership with Charlton Athletic F.C. Prominent alumni of the university and its predecessor organisations include Nobel Laureate Charles Kao , who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2009 for his work on transmission of light in fibre optics, and Abiy Ahmed , who won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize . In June 2021, representatives from multiple countries called for
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1440-584: The Webb building being completed and converted to use by the hospital. In 1692 the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich was created on the site on the instructions of Mary II , who had been inspired by the sight of wounded sailors returning from the Battle of La Hogue . Initially, the hospital remodeled a wing of the unfinished Greenwich Palace , and then expanded and remade the design. Architectural highlights included
1485-560: The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Abiy to be re-considered because of the war crimes committed in Tigray. Two British government ministers, Richard Marsh and Gareth Thomas , are also graduates. A more extensive list is given below. Old Royal Naval College The Old Royal Naval College are buildings that serve as the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich , a World Heritage Site in Greenwich , London, described by
1530-525: The buildings were used as a training establishment for the Royal Naval College, Greenwich . The site is now managed by the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College, established in 1997 to conserve the buildings and grounds and convert them into a cultural destination. This was originally the site of Bella Court, built by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester , and subsequently renamed Palace of Placentia by Queen Margaret upon its confiscation by
1575-504: The mid 19th century. HMS Dreadnought had previously been a ship of the line and fought at the Battle of Trafalgar . The Avery Hill Campus is situated in Eltham , south of the 86 acres (35 ha) Avery Hill Park in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, south-east London. The campus is home to student accommodation and to the Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences. Courses taught at
1620-400: The public daily, free of charge, with guided tours available. The Old Royal Naval College became open to students and visitors of all ages and nationalities accompanied often by music wafting from Trinity College. As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote in 1863, "the people are sooner or later the legitimate inheritors of whatever beauty kings and queens create". In 2005, the room where Nelson's coffin
1665-403: The site include Teacher Training, Nursing (Adult, Child, Mental Health, Community, Learning Disability), Midwifery, Paramedic Science, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, PE and Sport, and Sports Science. Facilities include a 220-seat lecture theatre, computer laboratories, a library, sports pitches, strength and conditioning laboratories, as well as a sports hall. The site also hosts
1710-498: The university was rated as the greenest in the UK by People & Planet Green League Table. In 2019, it was ranked 14 in UK, and third in London. The University has gained many national awards, including four Queen's Anniversary Prizes, nine Times Higher Education Awards and two Guardian University Awards. In 2019, the university's Natural Resources Institute was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for its research in pest management and control to combat human and animal diseases in
1755-457: The university's efforts at becoming carbon neutral . At the Medway campus in Kent there is a partnership between the University of Greenwich Students' Union, Canterbury Christ Church and University of Kent Union on the Medway campus. Greenwich Students' Union has been leading the partnership since July 2021 and manages The Hub space, previously The Student Hub when it was looked after by GK Unions –
1800-522: The whole of Queen Anne and the Dreadnought Building were leased for 150 years by the University of Greenwich . In 2000 Trinity College of Music leased the major part of King Charles. This created a unique new educational and cultural mix. In 2002, the Foundation realised its aim of opening up the whole site to visitors. It opened the Painted Hall, the chapel and the grounds and a visitor centre to
1845-579: Was at 10, up 10 places since 2021. Forensic Science (9), Criminology (10), Mechanical Engineering (12), and Education (48) also moved up significantly. In Center for World University Rankings World University Rankings 2020–21 – University of Greenwich was ranked 76 in the UK. In 2022, University of Greenwich was ranked in the 750-800 range globally by QS World University Rankings . In the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2020, Greenwich performed well in several categories: In 2012,
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1890-513: Was embarking on the next stage of its ambitious plans to restore the Painted Hall. Over three years, 3,700 square metres (40,000 sq ft) of Thornhill's masterpiece was to be conserved. The conservation project focused on the Lower Hall (the Upper Hall having been conserved in 2013). The project included a unique series of public 'ceiling tours' allowing members of the public to get up close to
1935-453: Was founded by Frank Didden, supported by and following the principles of Quintin Hogg , and opened to students in October 1891. Like Hogg's pioneering venture in London's Regent Street, it initially combined education with social and religious functions. In 1894 it focused on an educational role, concentrating on higher technical education appropriate to its location close to Woolwich Dockyard and
1980-556: Was held prior to his being laid-in-state was opened as the Nelson Room. The little side room contains a statue of Nelson replicating the one in Trafalgar Square, memorabilia, paintings and information. It can be seen on one of the guided tours that also include a visit to the undercrofts, the old skittle alley and crypt. A service is held in the chapel every Sunday at 11 am which is open to all. Public concerts are regularly held here and
2025-552: Was ranked 94 out of 121 UK institutions according to The Guardian University Guide 2022 league table. For 2023, the University of Greenwich was ranked 60 according to Times Higher education (THE). Moreover, University of Greenwich ranked first in London for Events, Tourism and Hospitality by the Guardian’s 2023 university rankings. Subjects taught at Greenwich have seen rises in the Guardian university league tables for 2022: Chemistry
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