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Key facts about the University of Greenwich
Applicant’s
Student key facts 2006-07 Who’s who Research institutes Guide
Students studying in UK 24,843 Chancellor Greenwich Maritime Institute
Students studying Lord Hart of Chilton Natural Resources Institute
wholly overseas 2,569 Pro Chancellor (Chair of governing body) Urban Renaissance Institute
Level of study Lady Anne-Marie Nelson CBE DL
Undergraduates
Postgraduates
72%
28%
Vice-Chancellor (Chief Executive) Founding institutions University of Greenwich
The Rt Hon Baroness Blackstone Greenwich Campus
Woolwich Polytechnic (1890)
Mode of study Deputy Vice-Chancellor Old Royal Naval College
Full-time/sandwich 61% Avery Hill College of Education (1906)
Professor David Wills (Resources) Dartford College of Education (1885) Park Row
Part-time 39%
Garnett College (1946) London SE10 9LS
Pro Vice-Chancellors
Gender
Professor Tom Barnes Hammersmith College of Art & Building (1881)
Male 47% For information on current vacancies,
Female 53% (Research & Enterprise) Natural Resources Institute (1894)
contact the Personnel Office:
Dr Margaret Noble Thames College of Health Care Studies (1990)
Age Tel: 020 8331 8835/8982
(Learning & Quality)
under 21 24% International tel: +44 20 8331 8835/8982
21–24 24% Secretary & Registrar Partners in higher Fax: 020 8331 8125
25–29 16%
30–39 18%
Mrs Linda Cording education International fax: +44 20 8331 8125
over 39 18% Schools Academy of Live and Recorded Arts E-mail: jobs@gre.ac.uk
Origin Bexley College Website: www.greenwich.ac.uk
Architecture & Construction
UK 80% Bird College
Business
EU 4% Bromley College
Other overseas 16% Computing & Mathematical Sciences
Canterbury College
Education & Training
Ethnicity Engineering European School of Osteopathy
Black and other Health & Social Care Greenwich Community College
ethnic minorities 49% Guildford College
Humanities & Social Sciences
White 45% Hadlow College
Pharmacy (with the University of Kent)
Not given 6% Lewisham College
Science
North West Kent College
Orpington College
Income 2006–07 (£000s) West Kent College 2008
Funding council grants £63,340 University Centre Folkestone
University Centre Hastings
Tuition fees and education contracts £52,476 This publication is available
in other formats on request
Research grants and contracts £7,127
University of Greenwich is a charity and company limited by guarantee,
Other income £18,022 registered in England (reg. no. 986729). Registered office:
Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS
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Introduction to the University of Greenwich
The university today the years, a range of specialist
organisations has joined the institution,
Our campuses Avery Hill
The University of Greenwich is a guardian of the nation’s heritage and our estate includes Set in 86 acres of parkland in south-east
The University of Greenwich is a large giving it the diverse strengths it has today
16 listed buildings. Within this historic fabric, we offer the latest in modern facilities. London, this campus combines a listed
university with three attractive in subjects such as teacher training,
Victorian mansion with a new £14 million
campuses in and around London. We architecture, engineering and history.
development with modern teaching, living
combine strong regional, national and Greenwich and sporting facilities; the beautiful library
international links with excellence in International The university’s largest campus is at the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is housed in the mansion’s ballroom. The
applied research and a mission for access. enjoys a splendid position on the banks of the River Thames. It is centred on three
Around 3,500 students from more than student village offers en-suite, online
The university has achieved considerable baroque buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren at the end of the 17th century.
100 countries choose to study on facilities and is home to over 1,200
growth in the last 20 years to become a “More breathtaking than the Versailles of Louis XIV” is how The Independent
campus and many others study for students.
major player in the education sector, with newspaper described it, while The Sunday Times Best University Guide calls it “one of
University of Greenwich qualifications in
a turnover of almost £150 million and the finest academic estates in the world”.
their home countries. Academically, we
nearly 25,000 students, 28 per cent of
have links with universities and colleges
them postgraduate. The university is
all over the globe. Our staff body also
proud of its diverse student body, with a
has an international flavour, including,
broad range of students from black and
for example, 30 lecturing and research
Medway
other ethnic minority communities, a high
staff from China. In addition to teaching, the University of
proportion of mature students and broadly
Greenwich at Medway is a centre for
equal numbers of men and women.
Quality and standards research and consultancy, offering hi-tech
facilities in science, engineering, pharmacy
A century of service At Greenwich we set high standards for
and natural resources research, as well as
teaching quality and student support and
The university traces its roots to 1890, excellent teaching facilities. The campus,
provide professional training
when, as Britain’s second polytechnic, it which dates from 1903, was formerly home
opportunities for all lecturers. From the
was opened to teach practical and to HMS Pembroke, a Royal Naval barracks,
start of a student’s studies, we have a
commercial skills to London workers. An and is based in splendid red-brick and ivy-
focus on employability; helping graduates
innovator from the start, this institution clad Edwardian listed buildings.
get good jobs is one of our priorities.
pioneered the country’s first part-time,
day-release and sandwich courses. Over Her Majesty the Queen formally inaugurated
We measure students’ views on our
a partnership between Greenwich and other
services through our annual student
universities on the site in 2002. Investment
satisfaction survey, and if shortcomings
from central and local government, and the
are found we address them. The
Regional Development Agency and the
university’s academic standards
Higher Education Funding Council for
are also closely monitored by the
England, has helped to create facilities of
Quality Assurance Agency,
outstanding quality.
which has declared its
confidence in the university’s
provision.
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