Category: University Archive

 

Going back another five years in the Archives we find:

‘The Students’ Union Guide 2000/2001′

What’s changed? Where are you now?

This week we remember by name those members of the University who died in the first year of the First World War:

James ATKINS, Student 1912-14, Able Seaman HMS Hogue, lost-at-sea – 22^nd September 1914.

George Thomas STANLEY, Student 1908-09, Sick-bay Attendant HMS Hawke, lost-at-sea -15^th October 1914.

Henry Percy PAUTARD, Athletics Club, Lance Corporal 3^rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), died on home service – 7^th June 1915.

Henry Charles BIRD, student 1906-12, Sapper Royal Marine Engineers, died of typhoid fever in Gallipoli – 5^th July 1915.

Alfred WILLIAMS, student 1907-09, Corporal 6^th Battalion The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), killed-in-action in Belgium – 12^th July 1915.

Vincent William BAILEY, student 1913-14, Private, 5^th Battalion Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment), killed-in-action Chunuk Bair Gallipoli – 10^th August 1915.

Douglas William ROWE, Polytechnic School 1909-12, Private 1^st/3^rd East Anglian Field Ambulance RAMC, died-of-wounds Gallipoli – 22^nd September 1915.

Matthew Hartley ALLAN, student 1909-12, Corporal 14^th Battalion London Regiment (London Scottish), died-of-wounds Loos – 28^th September 1915.

John MYLES, students 1911-14, Corporal 8^th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, killed-in-action France – 5^th October 1915.

Sidney J. CAVEY, Polytechnic School 1897-99, Corporal 13^th Battalion Australian Infantry, died-of-wounds Gallipoli – 11^th October 1915.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

 

For our 2005 entry we’re posting a url to show how most 21st century records are electronic, and so don’t find their way into archives. Paper archives can last for hundreds of years, but no-one yet knows how long ‘born-digital’ records might last: https://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/pas/key_facts/2005-2006

 

Going backwards in time there’s little in the archives from recent years, so I’ve had to raid the Internet. A search for ‘University of Greenwich 2010’ brought me this little gem of information which never found its way to the Archive:

Greenwich has most satisfied students in London

Date of release: Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Sunday Times table shows University of Greenwich has most satisfied students in London

Greenwich has scooped top spot in the London league table for student satisfaction, for the second year running. In the latest Sunday Times University Guide league table, published on 12 September, the university is ranked 26th for student satisfaction, out of 122 institutions in the UK, putting it ahead of all other universities in the capital.

The results see Greenwich climbing nine places in the Sunday Times table for student satisfaction, compared to a year ago – meaning that it is now in the top quarter of all universities in the UK.

The table is based on the National Student Survey, which asks all third-year students to rate their institutions on a variety of topics, from the quality of their teaching and equipment to their personal development.

Greenwich topped the Sunday Times national league table for student satisfaction for some of its individual subject areas. Star performers were Civil, Chemical and other Engineering courses; Law; and Medical Science and Pharmacy, which were all rated as number one in the country for student satisfaction in these subjects.

The Sunday Times says: “The most satisfied students [in the country] are studying medical science and pharmacy at the University of Greenwich.” More than 96% of students studying in these areas said they were satisfied with their degree courses – which was the highest score in the whole of the UK, across any subject.

Greenwich is also ranked as a national top five university for student satisfaction in Business, Management, Performing Arts and Tourism; in sixth place for Maths; and in the national top ten for Politics.

The Sunday Times also places Greenwich in the top quarter of all UK universities when it comes to highest graduate starting salaries.

Tessa Blackstone, Vice-Chancellor of the university, says: “This is an important vote of confidence from our students. These results show how important it is for us to listen to students’ views and to act on them. Our ongoing challenge is to make sure that we continue to give every student a great experience of higher education at Greenwich”.

Maninder Singh, President of the Students’ Union, says the university’s high rating is well deserved. “The feedback I receive from students is really positive, not just in terms of the quality of teaching and facilities, but for the guidance and support throughout their time at Greenwich,” he says.

Thanks to SUUG for their kind permission to use an image of their new ladies ‘EST 1890’ hoodie to start our celebrations for our Quasquicentenntial (a century and a quarter) year. We aim to post 25 images, one for every five years, over the next twelve-and-a-half months.

To celebrate National Sporting Heritage Day, September 30th, here are some images from our extensive sporting archives.

   

1890’s: Woolwich Polytechnic Lady Gymnasts, 1899

1900’s: Woolwich Polytechnic Cricket Tour to Oxford, 1908

1900’s: Avery Hill College Hockey Team, 1908

1920’s: Woolwich Polytechnic Ladies Challenge Shield, 1902 – 1927

 

1930’s: The opening of the new Sports Pavilion at Well Hall, Eltham, 1930

 

I was going to post some images of the Avery Hill Dining and Drawing Rooms for this, but as the main theme of the series seems to be ‘selling-up’ I thought I’d post images of the Avery Hill Sale Catalogue. Its a wonderful insight into the luxury of an 1890s mansion.

  If you want to see inside contact us at Archives@gre.ac.uk

 

 

Possibly the first Library in the 1892 redevelopment of the original Woolwich Polytechnic 1890 building.

The ‘new’ Library in the 1915 Market Street Building (not to scale!)

Our earliest image of a member of Library staff, possibly in the Market Street building, but undated.

Students in the 1939 Wellington Street building. The new building was bombed in 1940, so the Library did not move in until after the war.

The Building was renovated in 1964. Including the Library.

The exterior of the Wellington Street Library.

Some sections of the Library later moved to Riverside House in Woolwich.

In the early 1990s, the whole Library was moved to Riverside House after renovation.

To mark Her Majesty the Queen achieving the record of longest serving British Monarch here are some photographs of Her relatives from the University Archives:

HM Queen Mary, the Queen’s grandmother, visiting Rachel McMillan Nursery. Born HSH Princess Victoria Mary von Teck at Kensington Palace 26th May 1867 she was lined up by Queen Victoria as a future Royal Bride. In 1891 she became engaged to Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of Edward Prince of Wales. When Albert die in a flu epidemic in 1892, his brother Prince George, Duke of York proposed to her and they married in July 1893. She subsequently held the titles HRH Duchess of York; HRH Duchess  of Cornwall; HRH Princess of Wales; HM The Queen; HIH Empress of India; and after George died HM Queen Mary (as Queen Mother).

HM King George V, the Queen’s grandfather with Queen Mary, visiting the Bergman-Osterberg Institute at Dartford. Possibly shocked by the amount of leg being shown by the staff and girls.

HRH Princess Margaret, the Queen’s sister, at the re-opening of Avery Hill College in 1947.

Starting a new theme this academic year here’s the first contribution from a beach in Naxos.

Theseus “From there the thread led into a passage all in darkness, where I could only feel my way along the walls. My face tickled with cobwebs, and a rat ran over my foot. I thought of snakes and trod delicately. The passage sloped upwards, and the air felt warmer. At the end was another lamp, and a great room full of archives: shelves of scrolls rustling with mice; mouldy rolls of ancient leather; bundles of palm leaves inked with faded signs; chests and baskets full of clay tokens and tablets. The dust made me sneeze and the mice went scampering.

Mary Renault (1958) The King Must Die. London: Virago p. 287