Latest newsNews from the University of Greenwich Press Officehttp://www.gre.ac.uk/__data/assets/file/0010/8578/uog-logo.gif15079http://wwww.gre.ac.ukhttp://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2171-david-willetts-millionThe Universities and Science Minister, the Rt. Hon. David Willetts MP, praised excellent and innovative teaching at the University of Greenwich when he visited the university today.2012-02-10 13:13:42http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2170-stockwell-street-latestWork is well underway to regenerate the Stockwell Street development site and construct a new building for the University of Greenwich.2012-02-10 09:51:28http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2162-poetry-slam-2012Budding bards at the University of Greenwich are preparing to battle it out against their fellow students in the university’s latest ‘Poetry Slam’ event.2012-02-09 09:27:05http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2167-andrew-westby-parliamentThe millennium development goals for hunger and poverty will not be met unless Africa's capacity to carry out high quality research in science and technology for agricultural development is strengthened, according to Professor Andrew Westby, Director of the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) at the University of Greenwich.2012-02-08 15:35:56http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2166-keeping-the-seas-freeThe world’s first MSc in Maritime Security has been launched by the University of Greenwich.2012-02-08 15:29:17http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2163-tatiana-christides“Make vitamin D while the sun shines,” is the message from a University of Greenwich nutrition expert2012-02-08 14:13:05http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2165-vc-blogUK universities may struggle to supply the science and technology graduates that the nation needs unless changes are made to proposed reforms in Higher Education, according to Professor David Maguire, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich.2012-02-07 15:07:06http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/story-is-a2164-green-weekThe University of Greenwich’s second annual Green Week kicked off yesterday at the Avery Hill Campus.2012-02-07 12:12:57http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2150-students-win-smarter-planet-competitionAn all-women team of second-year students from the University of Greenwich has won the ‘Smarter Planet’ competition at the annual student event for all those in the UK who are studying for a degree in Information Technology for Business (ITMB).2012-02-06 15:24:05http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2157-alessandro-benati-lecture-7-marchHow people learning a language make sense of the words they hear or read is the theme of a lecture at the University of Greenwich on Wednesday 7 March.2012-02-03 09:24:29http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2161-gateway-gamesGreat storytellers and London 2012 come together at the latest exhibition held at the Stephen Lawrence Gallery at the University of Greenwich.2012-02-02 14:35:02http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2160-ed-galea-channel-4In an emergency evacuation such as the one faced by passengers on the Costa Concordia cruise ship, every second counts and can make the difference between life and death.2012-02-02 09:56:22http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2158-jet-setThree hundred University of Greenwich students are to receive specialist training for jobs at the London Olympic Games.2012-02-01 09:53:17http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2155-how-sherlock-faked-his-own-deathSherlock Holmes fan and University of Greenwich criminology lecturer Dr Michael Fiddler has come up with a clue which helps solve the puzzle about how the famous detective faked his own death at the end of the BBC series Sherlock.2012-01-31 14:53:21http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2159-world-cancer-dayAs we approach World Cancer Day this Saturday (4 February), the statistics tell us that one in three people is likely to suffer from cancer in their lifetime.2012-01-31 10:12:37http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2156-new-bus-service-for-medway-campusA new service now runs between Chatham and Hempstead Valley, stopping inside the university’s Medway campus.2012-01-30 10:01:14http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2154-open-dayProspective students wanting to find out more about studying at the University of Greenwich are invited to an Open Day taking place at all three of its campuses on Saturday 4 February.2012-01-27 09:50:48http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2144-somali-piracy-is-boomingPiracy has gone way beyond an opportunistic source of income and is now well established in Somalia according to research carried out by the University of Greenwich.2012-01-26 10:06:08http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2152-weddingProspective brides and grooms can get set for wedded bliss at the University of Greenwich’s wedding fayre.2012-01-25 09:54:36http://www2.gre.ac.uk/about/news/articles/2011/a2153-landscape-archirtecture-talk-21-feb-2012Adriaan Geuze, the founder of West 8, urban designers and landscape architects, will speak at the University of Greenwich on Tuesday 21 February at 6.30pm.2012-01-24 10:05:25