University of Greenwich

{{Short description|Public university in Greenwich, London, England}}

{{redirect|Greenwich University}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox university

| name = University of Greenwich

| image = Escutcheon of the University of Greenwich.svg

| image_size = 170px

| caption = Coat of arms

| motto = {{langx|la|Discere, Agere, Conficere}}

| mottoeng = "To learn, to do, to achieve"

| former_name = Woolwich Polytechnic
(1890–1970)
Thames Polytechnic
(1970–1992)

| established = {{start date|1890}} - Woolwich Polytechnic
1992 - university status

| type = Public university

| budget = £329.4 million (2023/2024){{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/370297/ug20700-2024-r-f-statements-28112024-web-r-2.pdf|title=Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31st July 2024|publisher=University of Greenwich|access-date=3 April 2025}}

| administrative_staff =

| chancellor = Lord Boateng

| vice_chancellor = Jane Harrington

| students = {{HESA student population|INSTID=10007146}} ({{HESA year}}){{HESA citation}}

| undergrad = {{HESA undergraduate population|INSTID=10007146}} ({{HESA year}})

| postgrad = {{HESA postgraduate population|INSTID=10007146}} ({{HESA year}})

| city = London

| state =

| country = United Kingdom

| coor = {{coord|51.483372|-0.006075|region:GB|display=inline}}

| campus_type = Multiple sites

| colours = Blue - {{color box|#010963}}

| affiliations = University Alliance
Universities UK
Association of Commonwealth Universities
EUA

| footnotes =

| website = {{url|gre.ac.uk}}

| logo = University of Greenwich logo.png

}}

The University of Greenwich is a public university located in London and Kent, United Kingdom. Previous names include Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic.{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/about-us/history-of-the-university|title=History of University}}

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 a campus in Medway, Kent, as part of a shared campus.{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/about-us/campus|title=The campuses of University of Greenwich|access-date=11 December 2014}} The university's range of subjects includes architecture, business, computing, mathematics, education, engineering, humanities, maritime studies, natural sciences, pharmacy and social sciences.{{cite book|last1=Hinde|first1=Thomas|title=An Illustrated History of the University of Greenwich|date=1996|publisher=James and James|location=London|isbn=9780907383635|edition=First|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RBZEtwAACAAJ&q=history+of+university+of+greenwich|access-date=11 December 2014}}

History

The university dates back to 1890, when Woolwich Polytechnic, the second-oldest polytechnic in the United Kingdom,{{cite web|url=http://www.gre.ac.uk/about |title=About Greenwich – University of Greenwich |publisher=Gre.ac.uk |date=29 September 2010 |access-date=8 November 2012}} opened in Woolwich. It 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 the Royal Arsenal;{{NHLE |desc=UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH, WOOLWICH CAMPUS: ORIGINAL BUILDING, GYMNASIUM TO REAR AND CORNER ENTRANCE RANGE WITH ATTACHED RAILINGS |num=1390637 |access-date=24 September 2019}} William Anderson, director-general of the Ordnance Factories, was a trustee and later a member of the board of governors.{{cite web |title=Sir William Anderson, 1834–1898 |url=https://www.bexley.gov.uk/sites/bexley-cms/files/2018-10/Sir-William-Anderson-1834-to-1898-local-history-article.pdf |website=London Borough of Bexley |access-date=6 March 2020}} 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 the City of London College (1988) were incorporated.{{cite web |title=Thames Polytechnic |url=https://aim25.com/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=6089&inst_id=61&nv1=search&nv2= |website=AIM25 AIM25: Archives in London and the M25 area |access-date=6 July 2020}}

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 a full faculty of the university.

Formerly a UK government research agency, the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) was incorporated into the university in 1996.{{cite web |title=Natural Resources Institute, UK (NRI) |url=https://www.eldis.org/organisation/A1325 |website=Eldis |access-date=6 July 2020}}

In 2001, the university gave up its historic main campus in the Bathway Quarter in Woolwich, relocating to its current main campus in Greenwich.Saint, A., Guillery, P. (2012). Survey of London, Volume 48: Woolwich. Yale Books, London. {{ISBN|978-0-300-18722-9}}. pp. 269–275.

In 2018, the University of Greenwich started a partnership with Charlton Athletic F.C.{{Cite web|date=19 April 2018|title=Our partnership with Charlton Athletic Football Club|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/student-and-academic-services-sas/cafc-partnership|access-date=16 January 2021}}

In 2019, the university's main cafeteria was operated by BaxterStorey, which paid its workers £9.25 per hour without contractual sick pay.{{Cite web|last=Elia|first=Petros|date=24 October 2019|title=It's time for universities to stop underpaying their outsourced workers {{!}} Petros Elia|url=http://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/oct/24/its-time-for-universities-to-finally-stop-underpaying-their-outsourced-workers|access-date=30 July 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en}} After four strike days in October 2019, 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.{{Cite web|date=13 January 2020|title=Outsourced workers at University of Greenwich receive 23% pay rise|url=https://employeebenefits.co.uk/outsourced-greenwich-23-pay/|access-date=30 July 2020|website=Employee Benefits|language=en-GB}}

Organisation

Academic disciplines at Greenwich are organised into four faculties which host a range of subject expertise within them:{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/about-us/faculty|title=UOG faculties}}

  • Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Business School
  • Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
  • Faculty of Engineering and Science

The university also has a number of professional service directorates that support students and the Faculties.

Campuses

=Greenwich=

File:University_of_Greenwich_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1342982.jpg

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 the Greenwich Maritime Institute, a specialist maritime management, policy and history teaching and research institute,{{cite web|url=http://www.edumaritime.com/england/shipping-business-engineering-college-level/greenwich-maritime-institute-london|title=Maritime Programmes|access-date=6 October 2014}} and the Institute for Lifecourse Development.{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/institute-lifecourse-development |title=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 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 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 quarantine and hospital ship {{HMS|Dreadnought|1801|6}} which was moored on the Thames at Greenwich in the mid 19th century. HMS Dreadnought had previously been a ship of the line and fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.

{{wide image|Old Royal Naval College 2017-08-06.jpg|1000px|The Old Royal Naval College – now part of the University of Greenwich – on the south bank of the river Thames in Greenwich, London, viewed from the north. Between the two college buildings is the Queen's House. On the skyline directly behind the Queen’s House stands a statue of General James Wolfe, with the Royal Observatory and its red time-ball just visible past the trees to its right.}}

=Avery Hill=

File:Greenwich_University,_Avery_Hill_site_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1560484.jpg

The Avery Hill Campus is situated in Eltham, south of the {{convert|86|acre|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 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 the Greenwich Learning and Simulation Centre (GLASC) {{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/research/groups/greenwich-learning-and-simulation-centre|title=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, 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/home/08sep94-uk-wimpey-in-first-dboo-bid-student-accomodation-partnership/984106.article|title=Wimpey in first DBOO bid – student accommodation partnership|date=8 September 1994|publisher=Construction News|access-date=3 March 2018}}

=Medway=

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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 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, 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.

Research

Greenwich research seeks to influence and enhance health, education, science, engineering, computing and social policy, and attracts international agencies, government departments and global corporations from over 50 countries.{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/research/support/research-mission |title=UOG Research mission}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/disciplines|title=UOG Research Group and Activities}}

Reputation and rankings

{{Infobox UK university rankings

| ARWU_N =

| ARWU_W = 701–800

| QS_N =

| QS_W = 691–700

| THE_N = 77

| THE_W = 501–600

| LINE_1 = 0

| Complete = 110

| The_Guardian = 117

| Times/Sunday_Times = 102

| LINE_2 = 0

| TEF = Silver

}}

In 2019, the university was ranked 14th in UK, and third in London by People & Planet Green League Table.{{cite news| url=https://peopleandplanet.org/university-league|title= The 2019 People & Planet University League|date=16 July 2019}} The university has gained many national awards, including four Queen's Anniversary Prizes, nine Times Higher Education Awards and two Guardian University Awards. {{cite web | url=https://www.unialliance.ac.uk/member/university-of-greenwich/#:~:text=The%20University%20has%20gained%20many,and%20two%20Guardian%20University%20Awards | title=University of Greenwich }}

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 the UK and internationally;{{cite news| url=https://www.queensanniversaryprizes.org.uk/winners/pioneering-and-innovative-research-in-pest-management-and-control-to-combat-human-and-animal-diseases-in-the-uk-and-internationally/ | title=University of Greenwich: Keeping pests and disease at bay| date=19 November 2019}} in 2015 it won a prize for work on the cassava crop in Africa.[https://www.nri.org/latest/news/2015/nri-awarded-queen-s-anniversary-prize-for-ground-breaking-work-on-cassava NRI awarded Queen's Anniversary Prize for ground-breaking work on cassava], Natural Resources Institute. Retrieved: 8 October 2021.

In 2023, the university was classified as Gold in Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) of Higher Education.{{cite news| url=https://tef2023.officeforstudents.org.uk/open-ancillary/?finaloutcome=5933fea3-9d53-ee11-be6f-0022481b5c9c | title=Open Ancillary }}

The university was ranked 94 out of 121 UK institutions according to The Guardian University Guide 2022 league table.{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2021/sep/11/the-best-uk-universities-2022-rankings | location=London | work=The Guardian | title=University league table | date=11 September 2021}} For 2023, the University of Greenwich was ranked 60 according to Times Higher education (THE).{{cite web | url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-uk?spMailingID=22078241&spUserID=MTAxNzczMjY5MTQyOQS2&spJobID=2092546799&spReportId=MjA5MjU0Njc5OQS2 | title=Best universities in the UK 2023 - University Rankings | date=12 October 2022 }} Moreover, University of Greenwich ranked first in London for Events, Tourism and Hospitality by the Guardian’s 2023 university rankings.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2022/sep/24/best-uk-universities-for-hospitality-event-management-and-tourism-league-table | title=Best UK universities for hospitality, event management and tourism – league table | website=TheGuardian.com }} Subjects taught at Greenwich have seen rises in the Guardian university league tables for 2022: Chemistry 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.{{cite news| url=https://cwur.org/2020-21.php|title= CWUR – World University Rankings 2020–21}} In 2022, University of Greenwich was ranked in the 750-800 range globally by QS World University Rankings.{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-greenwich |title=QS World University Rankings 2022 |publisher=topuniversities.com|access-date=3 October 2021}}

In the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2020, which assessed universities' impact on society and the planet{{cite news| url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/public-relations/greenwich-goes-from-strength-to-strength-in-social-and-economic-impact-ratings-|title= The Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings|date=22 April 2020}} Greenwich performed well in several categories:

  • Responsible Consumption and Production (24th)
  • Life on Land (66th)
  • Reduced Inequalities (68th)
  • Climate Action (75th)
  • Partnership for the Goals (77th)

Student life

File:Greenwich Students' Union Logo.jpg

File:Bangladesh students’ society of The University of Greenwich.jpg

Greenwich Campus 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/07/16/riba-stirling-prize-2015-shortlist-maggies-centre-neo-bankside-whitworth-gallery/#:~:text=The%20six%20shortlisted%20projects%20are,Street%20Building%20by%20Heneghan%20Peng|title=RIBA Stirling Prize 2015 shortlist announced|date=15 July 2015 |access-date= 22 September 2022}}

The Dreadnought Building is a central hub for the Greenwich Campus and hosts the Greenwich Students Union and Student Services.{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/about-us/campus/greenwich|title=Student life at Greenwich}} Some parts of the other buildings in the Greenwich Campus are Queen Anne Court, King William Court, Queen Mary Court, Stephen Lawrence Building and Stockwell Street Library.

The Student Village at Avery Hill Campus provides accommodation for around 1,000 students. On-site facilities include a café, canteen, shop, launderette, bicycle parking, and a gym.{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/about-us/campus/avery-hill|title=Student life at Avery Hill Campus}}

Medway Campus has 350 rooms across five halls of residence dedicated to student accommodation.{{cite web|url=https://www.gre.ac.uk/about-us/campus/medway|title=Student life at Medway}}

=Students' Union=

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 the university's efforts at becoming carbon neutral.{{cite web|url=https://www.greenwichsu.co.uk/greengsu/|title=A Green GSU|access-date= 1 October 2019}}

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,{{cite web|url=https://www.thehubmedway.co.uk/|title=The Hub}} previously The Student Hub when it was looked after by GK Unions – the Greenwich & Kent Students' Unions Together (once the Universities at Medway Students Association, UMSA). Greenwich Students' Union has a mascot called The Cutty Shark{{cite web |title=V A R S I T Y : Meet the Cutty Shark |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeBym5kt8QY |website=Youtube.com | date=24 March 2021 |publisher=Greenwich Students' Union }} and a presence at Avery Hill, Greenwich and Medway campus.

Notable alumni

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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 the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Abiy to be re-considered because of the war crimes committed in Tigray.{{cite news |last1=Sew |first1=Mistir |title=Revoke the Nobel Peace Prize from Ethiopia's Abiy |url=https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/2021/06/14/revoke-the-nobel-peace-prize-from-ethiopias-abiy/ |access-date=16 September 2021 |work=Ethiopia Insight |date=14 June 2021}}{{cite news |last1=TronvollThis |first1=Kjetil |title=The Nobel committee should resign over the atrocities in Tigray |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/07/the-nobel-committee-should-resign-over-the-atrocities-in-tigray |access-date=16 September 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=7 June 2021}} Two British government ministers, Richard Marsh and Gareth Thomas, are also graduates. A more extensive list is given below.

  • Catherine Agbaje, television personality{{cite news |title=This is where all the cast of Love Island 2023 went to university and what they studied |url=https://thetab.com/2023/06/09/love-island-2023-cast-university-degree-courses |access-date=15 January 2025 |work=The Tab}}
  • Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Nobel Peace prize winner
  • Jamie 'JME' Adenuga, MC
  • Bola Agbaje, playwright
  • Helen Bailey, writer{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/19/helen-bailey-childrens-writer--obituary/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/07/19/helen-bailey-childrens-writer--obituary/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Helen Bailey, children's writer – obituary|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=19 July 2016 |access-date=20 July 2016}}{{cbignore}}
  • Natasha Bedingfield, pop singer (did not graduate){{cite web| url = http://alumni.gre.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=229&srcid=338| title = Alumni Profiles A-L| access-date = 19 August 2007| publisher = University of Greenwich| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080311091605/http://alumni.gre.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=229&srcid=338| archive-date = 11 March 2008| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}
  • John Behr, theologian{{cite web|url=http://www.svots.edu/Faculty/John-Behr/index.html |title=Rev John Behr |access-date=12 February 2008 |work=St. Vladimir's |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204155815/http://www.svots.edu/Faculty/John-Behr/index.html |archive-date=4 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}
  • Malorie Blackman, children's author
  • Demitu Hambisa Bonsa, Ethiopian government minister
  • John Boyega, actor, best known for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
  • Sheila Bromberg, musician
  • Liam Brown, author
  • Campbell Christie, chairman of Falkirk F.C.
  • Terry Christian, radio and television presenter{{cite news |work=New Statesman |title=Terry Christian: What the most hated man in television did next |first=Andrew |last=Harrison |date=8 April 2016 |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2016/04/terry-christian-what-most-hated-man-television-did-next |access-date=18 March 2021}}
  • Mark Daly, Irish senator
  • Siobhan Dowd, writer (A Swift Pure Cry){{cite web| url = http://www.englishpen.org/news/_1634/| title = In Memory of Siobhan Dowd | access-date = 6 February 2008| publisher = English Pen}}
  • Sarah Eberle, garden designer
  • Jenni Fagan, author
  • Leo Fortune-West, professional footballer{{cite news| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/six-players-to-follow-1595902.html| title = 6 players to follow| access-date = 6 July 2009| work = The Independent | location=London | date=12 August 1995}}
  • Sarah Gillespie, singer-songwriter
  • Pippa Guard, actress
  • Andrey Guryev (born 1982), Russian entrepreneur{{cn|date=August 2023}}
  • Gareth Hale, comedian
  • Patrick Harrington, politician in the National Front (1979–1989) and currently Third Way (UK) think tank; general secretary of Solidarity – The Union for British Workers
  • Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, cricketer
  • Roy Hodgson, England and Premier League football manager{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.gre.ac.uk/yourstories/roy-hodgson/|title = Roy Hodgson CBE Greenwich Alumnus}}
  • Dermot Hudson, left-wing political activist
  • Brian Jacks, 1972 Summer Olympics bronze medallist in Judo
  • Mark Jackson, musician (VNV Nation)
  • Charles K. Kao, Nobel Prize winning scientist
  • Graham Kendrick, Christian worship leader
  • Sammy Lee, IVF specialist{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
  • Pablo Daniel Magee, writer, journalist and playwright
  • Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, politician{{cite web| url = http://alumni.gre.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=240&srcid=229| title = Alumni Profiles M-Z| access-date = 19 August 2007| publisher = University of Greenwich| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080311091611/http://alumni.gre.ac.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=240&srcid=229| archive-date = 11 March 2008| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}
  • Rui Moreira, Portuguese politician and businessman; mayor of Porto
  • Chinenye Ochuba, former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria
  • Sarah Ockwell-Smith, childcare author
  • Joy Onumajuru, model and philanthropist
  • Norman Pace, comedian
  • Ann Packer, 1964 Summer Olympics gold medallist
  • Lara Pulver, Olivier Award-nominated dancer and actress
  • Richard Pybus, cricket coach
  • George Rose, businessman
  • Dave Rowntree, musician (Blur){{cite web| url = http://www.nndb.com/people/710/000095425/| title = Dave Rowntree | access-date = 19 August 2007| publisher = NNDB}}
  • Etienne Schneider, Deputy Prime Minister of Luxembourg
  • Peter Skinner, MEP
  • Aramazd Stepanian, playwright
  • William G. Stewart, TV presenter (Fifteen to One)
  • Nina Stibbe, author
  • Adelle Stripe, author
  • Gareth Thomas, politician
  • Ewen Whitaker, lunar astronomer (alumnus of Woolwich Polytechnic)
  • Ian McAllister, Distinguished Professor, Australian National University
  • Joel Willans, author and copywriter of works in Finland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.6d.fi/index.php/wemet/542-spellbound-by-words|title=Spellbound by words|last=assiabi|website=www.6d.fi|date=March 2013 |language=en-gb|access-date=25 January 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.hs.fi/elama/art-2000005263298.html|title=Britti Joel Willans muutti Suomeen ja hämmästyi uskollista sääntöjen tottelemista – "Ehkä suomalaiset juovat itsensä niin humalaan juuri sääntöjen takia"|date=22 June 2017|work=Helsingin Sanomat|access-date=25 January 2018|language=fi-FI}}

Coat of arms

{{Infobox COA wide

| image = Escutcheon of the University of Greenwich.svg

| year_adopted = 7 December 1990

| crest = Statant within a Coronet the finials composed of Roses and Escallops reversed alternately Or an Owl Gules

| escutcheon = Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure upon a Pale Sable a Gun Barrel erect surmounted on the breach by a Lion's Face Or on a Chief Gules an Open Book proper bound Or between on the dexter a Cog Wheel and on the sinister a Capital of a Doric Column both Or

| supporters = Dexter a Horse Argent in front of a Cedar Tree proper and sinister a Lion Or in front of an Oak Tree proper on a Compartment comprising a Grassy Mount proper

| motto = Discere, Agere, Conficere (To learn, to do, to achieve){{cn|date=September 2023}}

}}

See also

References

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