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Greenwich Uni and Cutty Sark Win Award

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The London Knowledge Transfer Awards 2008 were held on Friday, and there was good news for Greenwich. A collaboration between the University of Greenwich & Knowledge East working with the Cutty Sark Trust was the winner of the Knowledge Base Collaboration Award, as well as winning the overall “champion” award, the Knowledge Transfer Collaboration of 2008.

The pioneering partnership saw experts from the University of Greenwich use sophisticated computer models to work out the best way in which to dismantle and reassemble the ageing tea clipper as part of its major refurbishment.

The Knowledge Transfer Awards are supported by the London Developement Agency and are intended to recognise London’s Innovation in the business arena.

Daily Photo 08/12/08: Room Name inside Queen Anne Court

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Room name inside Queen Anne Court - (c) University of Greenwich.
(c) University of Greenwich

Queen Anne Court is one of the buildings in the Old Royal Naval College that is used by the University of Greenwich. This photo shows a room name above a door inside Queen Anne Court.

This was submitted as a Daily Photo by the University of Greenwich.

Peninsula Projects On Hold

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Regeneration projects on the Greenwich Peninsula could be delayed by up to half a decade. That was the verdict of Andrew Storey – joind Chief Exec for the Greenwich Peninsula – when he spoke at the Thames Gateway Forum.

“‘House prices are now 20 per cent below where they were [when permission was granted in 2007], so we need to wait until they return to what they were before we can go ahead” said Storey.

This means that planned developments for thousands of new homes in the area will be mothballed, and even projects where work had begun may be put on hold.

Read more about what came out of the Thames Gateway Forum at The Architect’s Journal.

Olympic Organisers Hold Public Meeting

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LOCOG held a public meeting on Thursday to answer questions regarding the use of Greenwich Park as an Olympic venue for 2012. The meeting was attended by LOCOG Chief Exec, Paul Deighton, and LOCOG Chair, Lord Sebastian Coe.

Deighton told the meeting – held at Indig02, part of the O2 Arena – that LOCOG are “making provision so that the park is restored to how it was in the first place.”.

The next phase of the LOCOG consulation will be an exhibition from Monday to Friday this week at the Greenwich Tourist Information Centre at 46 Greenwich Church Street.

Useful Links:
Excellent summary of the meeting at the 853 blog.
Evening Standard’s report on the meeting.

Christmas Concert in Blackheath

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Thursday 11 December 7pm. All Saints’, Blackeath, SE3 0TY

Following on from their extremely successful performance last year, the King William Singers*, directed by Hilary Campbell, once again present a mixture of Christmas music, including:

Britten’s Hymn to the Virgin
Part’s O Weisheit
Warlock’s Corpus Christi
Selection of Rutter
Premieres of brand new carols

There will even be a couple of singalong carols too!

With Inga Davis-Rutter (piano)

Also featuring the Blossom Street Singers

Tickets: £5 (£3) available on the door. All proceeds to the Albany Charity Fund

*The King William Singers comprises Trinity College of Music postgraduate singers and their colleagues.