University of Greenwich

The University of Greenwich is a university with its central campus in Greenwich, London. In 2004 the former Education Secretary Baroness Tessa Blackstone was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the university.

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University - Greenwich - London - Education Secretary - Tessa Blackstone - Vice-Chancellor

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Although Greenwich only became a university in 1992, it was previously a polytechnic college named Thames Polytechnic, and some of its constituents - it is the result of a series of mergers - were founded over 100 years ago. Today its largest campus (Maritime Greenwich) is situated beside the Thames in the grounds of the old Royal Naval College, designed as a naval hospital in the 17th century by Sir Christopher Wren. On one side it has views over the Thames to the Isle of Dogs and Canary Wharf, and on the other to Greenwich Park and the Royal Obervatory. The grounds are regularly used by TV and film producers as a convenient filming location, for example for the 2004 Stage Beauty.

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Polytechnic - Thames - Royal Naval College - Naval hospital - Christopher Wren - Isle of Dogs - Canary Wharf - Greenwich Park - Royal Obervatory - Filming location - Stage Beauty

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