Access to Knowledge
Aside from the valuable support offered from finance to desks, London Thames Gateway has a strong culture of academic led support. The range of support on offer means valuable relationships can be built between business and universities, benefiting business and enabling academics to further their own research and knowledge.
Just some of these links are outlined below:
Knowledge East
A dedicated team of Business Sector Leaders help companies and organisations find academic experts, technical expertise and resources to help solve business problems, improve skills, develop innovative products and services and improve business processes.
KnowledgeEast boosts the level of contact between local businesses and universities, and works closely with regional development agencies and business support groups. Between them, the members of the consortium deliver shared services to businesses and everyone can capitalise on the combined expertise of their members.
www.knowledgeeast.com
Higher Education Institutions
There are eight higher education institutions operating in the London Thames Gateway.
University of East London (UEL)
In 2006, UEL brought all of its academic schools together on two campuses, in Docklands and Stratford. UEL has over 20,000 students and offers over 500 undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It is rated among the top ten Universities for research by the Guardian.
www.uel.ac.uk
University of Greenwich
The University traces its roots to 1890, and has three campuses; Avery Hill, in Eltham; Greenwich; and at Chatham Maritime, Kent. The university has won two successive research-based Queen\'s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education. These national awards recognise outstanding achievement which benefits the wider community.
www.gre.ac.uk
London Metropolitan University (LMU)
LMU is the largest single University in London and one of the largest in the UK with over 35,000 students. LMU was created in 2002 by the merger of London Guildhall University (now London City campus) and the University of North London (now London North campus). According to HESA, LMU is the most popular British university for European Union students and the third most popular university for international students generally.
www.londonmet.ac.uk
Goldsmiths University of London
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths set up its Technical and Recreative Institute in 1891 to provide educational opportunities for the people of New Cross. The University of London acquired the Institute and re-established it as Goldsmiths College in 1904. Since 1989, Goldsmiths has been a full College of the University of London, with its own distinctive role as an independent university institution. Goldsmiths has over 8,000 students taking part in undergraduate, postgraduate and adult education study opportunities.
www.goldsmiths.ac.uk
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary has its roots in four historic colleges: Queen Mary College, Westfield College, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College and the London Hospital Medical College. The University has over 11,500 British, European and international students studying in four faculties. It is also part of the federal University of London.
www.qmul.ac.uk
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication
Ravensbourne College is a Higher Education Corporation in Chislehurst. It has approximately 1,400 students and specialises in design, communication, and broadcasting. Ravensbourne College is developing a purpose built campus opposite the O2 Arena on the Grewenwich Peninsula which is due for completion by 2010. The new College will feature a layout and series of work spaces that deliberately simulate the environment and working practices that students are likely to experience as creative professionals, with a greater emphasis on shared space and facilities, enabling them to make even more of the collaborative opportunities with fellow students, programmes and other institutions.
www.rave.ac.uk
Trinity Laban
Trinity Laban is the higher education institution formed by the merger of Trinity College of Music and Laban, the leading European school for contemporary dance. Trinity College of Music is located within the Wren-designed King Charles Court at the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich. In the Guardian Higher Education/University League Tables for 2008, Trinity Laban was ranked first in the UK in each of its specialist disciplines of music and dance.
www.trinitylaban.ac.uk
The Rose Bruford College
The Rose Bruford Drama School was named after its founder, who established the drama academy in 1950. Its home is Lamorbey Park in Sidcup, and the College combines the heritage listed Lamorbey House with the most up to date facilities in a new set of buildings completed in 2002.
www.bruford.ac.uk
