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Birkbeck, University of London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (460 words) |
 | Birkbeck, sometimes referred to by its former name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a College of the University of London. |
| The Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities was established in 2004, with the renowned but controversial Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek appointed as International Director. |
| Birkbeck's School of English and Humanities was rated 5* in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, as were the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, and the section for Spanish and Latin American studies within the School of Languages, Linguistics and Culture -- ranking these departments with, and in some cases above, Oxford and Cambridge. |
| George Birkbeck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (273 words) |
| George Birkbeck (1776-1841) was a doctor, academic, philanthropist and early pioneer in adult education. |
| Born to a Quaker family in Settle, North Yorkshire, Birkbeck went to school in Sedbergh and then completed his training as a doctor in Edinburgh in 1799. |
| The Mechanics Institute concept was quickly adopted in numerous other cities and towns across the UK and overseas, but his association with the ground-breaking London institution was marked by it being renamed the Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution in 1866 (now, as Birkbeck College, part of the University of London). |
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