Consortium Members
Goldsmiths, University of London, has an international reputation for creativity and innovation. Its Centre for Cognition, Computation and Culture is the first multidisciplinary research centre of its kind in the world, facilitating collaborative research across computing, music, visual arts, psychology, culture and other areas.
London Metropolitan University has the largest concentration of HE expertise in financial services in London. It runs the London Financial Academy at Moorgate and Canary Wharf. It also operates a digital manufacturing centre and is renowned for the application of digital media to design and manufacturing in furniture-making, silver and goldsmithing and jewellery-making.
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) is the Gateway’s principal research-focused HEI with an international reputation in health, humanities, and science and engineering. QM BioEnterprise, a 4,000 sq.m state-of-the-art Innovation Centre opening in 2009, will provide laboratories, offices and business support services for high technology life sciences companies moving into east London.
Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, which moves in 2009 to purpose-built premises on Greenwich Peninsula, has a national reputation among the creative industries for the quality of its graduates, courses and facilities and has an ongoing commitment to developing students’ enterprise talents.
Rose Bruford College provides distinctive training in theatre craft and performance skills, and houses fully equipped workshops, wardrobe facilities, sound show control and digital effects suites. Rose Bruford is unique as it is the only higher education institution providing the complete range of vocational training and education for the theatre and its related industries.
Trinity Laban is an internationally recognised centre of excellence in the professional training of musicians and contemporary dancers and one of the foremost providers of cultural events and opportunities in the London Thames Gateway. It offers public performance programmes at its renowned venues, Blackheath Halls and the Laban Theatre.
The University of East London’s Knowledge Dock supports business birth, growth and change. Facilities include hot-desking, business units, and expert centres covering fabric design and print, digital media, simulation and visualisation technologies, sustainability and product design. Knowledge Dock is the 2006 Shell Technology Enterprise Programme regional award winner.
The University of Greenwich is home to internationally leading researchers who are applying expertise in modelling and simulation across challenges such as post-9/11 building design, planning Beijing’s Olympic stadia, or preserving the Cutty Sark for future generations. The university’s Medway campus houses the Natural Resources Institute, an internationally recognised multidisciplinary centre for research, consultancy and education for the management of natural and human resources.
Associate Partners
Thames Gateway London Partnership is a strategic lobbying organisation, advocating the interests of all 12 local authorities in the Thames Gateway London area, the seven universities and colleges, strategic health bodies, and learning and skills agencies, to ensure that the opportunities of the investment in the Thames Gateway are realised.
