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The University of Greenwich is a public university located in London and Kent, United Kingdom.Previous names include Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic. [3]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.
Thames Polytechnic played at Kidbrooke Lane, Well Hall, in Eltham until 1993, with the facilities owned by the institution. In the modern day, the grounds are still used by the University of Greenwich and Blackheath Rugby. [6] For the remaining ten years of the club's existence, Thames Polytechnic played at Avery Hill Park, also owned by the ...
Woolwich Polytechnic (later Thames Polytechnic, now the University of Greenwich) in south-east London, emerged in the 1890s and is considered the second-oldest polytechnic in the UK. [citation needed] The South-Western Polytechnic Institute (1895–1922) was founded for 'the provision of education for the poorer inhabitants of London'.
The School of Science has inherited the history of the University of Greenwich, which has been involved in the teaching of science for over 100 years and dates back to 1890 when Woolwich Polytechnic was founded. [3] Indeed, prior to moving to the Medway campus in 2002, the School of Science occupied the old Thames Polytechnic buildings in Woolwich.
Two years later, the polytechnic became a university under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and adopted the name Thames Valley University (TVU). In 1994, the university merged with Northwick Park School of Nursing, Riverside College of Nursing and the North West Thames Regional Authority's AIDS unit.
In 1970 the Architecture department of Hammersmith College of Art and Building merged with Woolwich Polytechnic to form Thames Polytechnic, which in 1993 became the University of Greenwich. The architectural teaching staff included Arthur Korn. In 1975 Hammersmith College of Art merged with West London College and forming Hammersmith and West ...
Sheffield Polytechnic; Stamford University (England) Stockwell College of Education; Sunderland College of Education; Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College; Federal University of Surrey; Swanley Horticultural College
The South West London College was a higher education college located in the Tooting and Streatham areas of London, England.. The college was founded in 1966, and closed in 1990; initially it was proposed that it would be merged with the Thames Polytechnic, but eventually it was dissolved under the 1988 Education Reform Act.