Birkbeck, University of London
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Motto	In nocte consilium "Advice in the night"
Established	1823
President	Eric Hobsbawm
Master	Professor David S Latchman
Students	19,020 [1]
Undergraduates	15,475 [1]
Postgraduates	3,540 [1]
Location	London, United Kingdom
Affiliations	1994 Group
Website	http://www.bbk.ac.uk

Birkbeck, University of London, sometimes referred to by its former name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a College of the University of London. At the undergraduate level, it aims at working people who want to study for degrees in the evenings (adult education). At the post-graduate level, it offers many Masters degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is in the evening, whilst it also admits full-time (as well as part-time) students for PhDs. Its staff members have strong research reputations. It also offers many continuing education courses leading to extramural certificates and diplomas, as well as other short courses. A motto (from Italian) is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Eric John Earnest Hobsbawm CH (born June 8, 1917 in Alexandria, Egypt) is a British Marxist historian and author. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... // Established to promote excellence in research and teaching. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Image File history File links Bkk. ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ... Libraries are useful resources for adult learners. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Continuing education is an all encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. ...

Location

Birkbeck's main building is on Malet Street in Bloomsbury, with a number of other buildings on nearby streets. Virginia Woolf fans will also be interested to know that Birkbeck's School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media is housed in Woolf's former Gordon Square residence in Bloomsbury. Malet Street is a street in Bloomsbury, London (WC1), which runs between Torrington Place and the British Museum, parallel to Gower Street and Tottenham Court Road. ... Bloomsbury is an area of central London between Holborn and Euston station, developed by the Russell family in the 17th and 18th centuries into a fashionable residential area. ... For the American childrens writer, see Virginia Euwer Wolff Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. ... Gordon Square Gordon Square is in Bloomsbury, London. ...

Many Birkbeck classes are taught at other locations across London, including many other universities. This is due to a combination of Birkbeck's widening participation strategy to make higher education accessible and also because nearly classes on one day are taught at the same time, resulting in heavy competition for limited space. This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ...

In 2006 it was announced that Birkbeck will be expanding into East London, in conjunction with the University of East London. Initially space will be rented as well as utilising the University of East London Stratford Campus, but the long-term aim is to construct a dedicated facility in Stratford. The project will be known as Birkbeck Stratford. ^[2] For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ... The University of East London (UEL) is a university in East London. ... University of East London Docklands Campus The University of East London (UEL) is a university in East London. ... Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... Birkbeck Stratford is the name for a project to expand the provision of part-time Higher Education in East London, to be made by Birkbeck, University of London in conjunction with the University of East London. ...

History

In 1823, George Birkbeck, an early pioneer of adult education, founded the then "London Mechanics Institute" at a meeting at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the Strand. Over two thousand people attended. ^[3] However the idea was not universally popular and some accused Birkbeck of "scattering the seeds of evil." ^[4] 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Historically, Mechanics Institutes were educational establishments formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working people. ... Strand, May 2001 St. ...

Two years later the institute would move to the Southampton Buildings on Chancery Lane. In 1830, the first female students were admitted. In 1858 changes to the University of London's structure resulting in an opening up of access to the examinations for its degree. The Institute became the main provider of part-time university education.^[3] Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ...

The Institute changed its name to the "Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution" in 1866 and in 1885 it moved to the Breams Building, on Fetter Lane, where it would remain for the next sixty-seven years.^[3] 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The early twentieth century saw further developments, with Birkbeck Students' Union being established in 1904, and in 1907 the institute's name changed once more, to "Birkbeck College". In 1913 a review of the University of London (which had been restructured in 1900) successfully recommended that Birkbeck become a constituent college, although the outbreak of the First World War delayed this until 1920. The Royal Charter for the college was granted in 1926.^[3] The college's first female professor, Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan began teaching botany in 1921.^[4] 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan (née Fraser) (1879–1967) was a prominent mycologist. ... Pinguicula grandiflora Example of a Cross Section of a Stem [1] Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ...

During the Second World War, Birkbeck was the only central University of London college to not relocate out of the capital. In 1941 the library suffered a direct hit during The Blitz but teaching continued. In 1952, the College moved to its present location in Malet Street.^[3] Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... Heinkel He 111 German bomber over the Surrey Docks, Southwark, London (German propaganda photomontage). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1988 the Department of Extra-Mural Studies of the University of London was incorporated into Birkbeck, becoming at first the Centre for Extra-Mural Studies. In later years it would go by the name of the Faculty of Continuing Education, then the School of Continuing Education.^[3] Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 2002, it dropped the word College to become simply Birkbeck, University of London. However, the term Birkbeck College is still often colloquially used, and survives on the façade of the main building itself. The following year a major redevelopment of the Malet Street building was opened.^[3] For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

It was announced in 2006 that Birkbeck had been granted £5 million by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to expand its provision into East London, working with the University of East London. ^[2] The partnership was formally launched on November 21, 2006 and will be called Birkbeck Stratford. ^[5] For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom which distributes funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since 1992. ... East London area East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. ... The University of East London (UEL) is a university in East London. ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

The School of Continuing Education

The current School of Continuing Education, which specialises in extra mural studies did not become an integral part of Birkbeck until 1988 but has a long separate history. Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1876 the London Society for the Extension of University Education was founded, boosting the aims of encouraging working people to undertake higher education. In 1903 it became the Department of Extra-Mural Studies of the University of London and it was integrated into Birkbeck in 1988. Initially known as the Centre for Extra-Mural Studies, it was also been called the Faculty of Continuing Education before adopting its current name in 2005.^[6] 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The University of London is a university based primarily in London. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Research and Teaching

The façade of the main building of Birkbeck, University of London (formerly Birkbeck College).

While part-time undergraduate teaching remains the focus and mandate of Birkbeck, the college has recently grown into a powerhouse for progressive research in the arts and humanities. Download high resolution version (800x662, 125 KB)Birkbeck College, taken by C Ford March 04. ... Download high resolution version (800x662, 125 KB)Birkbeck College, taken by C Ford March 04. ...

The Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities ^[7] was established in 2004, with the renowned but controversial Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek appointed as International Director. According to its website, the Institute aims to, among other things, "engage with important public issues of our time through a series of open debates, lectures, seminars and conferences" and "foster and promote a climate of interdisciplinary research and collaboration among academics and researchers". The launch of the Institute wasn't without controversy, provoking an article in The Observer newspaper titled "What have intellectuals ever done for the world?" ^[8] which criticised the ostensible irrelevance and elitism of contemporary public intellectuals. Slavoj Žižek. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Meanwhile, the London Consortium graduate school -- a collaboration between Birkbeck, the Tate Galleries, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Architectural Association, and, until 1999, the British Film Institute -- has been running since the mid-1990s, offering masters and doctoral degrees in the interdisciplinary humanities and cultural studies, resourced and jointly taught by all the participating institutions.(Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities). Its permanent and adjunct faculty include figures such as Philip Dodd, Colin MacCabe, Laura Mulvey, Steven Connor, Marina Warner, Juliet Mitchell, Stuart Hall, Roger Scruton, Salman Rushdie, as well as Zizek. Its current chair is Anthony Julius. The London Consortium is a multidisciplinary Masters and Doctoral program in the humanities and cultural studies at the University of London. ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website Tate Online (1998). ... External view of the entrance to the ICA from the Mall. ... The Architectural Association (also known as AA School of Architecture) is the oldest independent school of architecture in the UK. It was founded by a group of dissatisfied young architects in 1847 to provide a self-directed, independent education at a time when there ws no formal training available. ... The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and... Birkbeck, University of London, sometimes referred to by its former name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a College of the University of London. ... Colin MacCabe is a British writer and film producer. ... Laura Mulvey (born August 15, 1941) is a British feminist film theorist. ... Steven Connor is the Academic Director of the London Consortium and Professor of Modern Literature and Theory at Birkbeck College, University of London. ... Marina Warner (born 21st November 1946) is a British writer, known as a novelist and short story writer, and also for many non-fiction books relating in various ways to feminism and myth. ... Juliet Mitchell (* 1940 in New Zealand) is a British feminist. ... Stuart Hall (born 1932 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a cultural theorist from the United Kingdom. ... Roger Vernon Scruton (born 27 February 1944) is a British philosopher. ... Ahmed Salman Rushdie KBE (Hindi: Urdu: سلمان رشدی; born 19 June 1947) is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. ... Dr. Anthony Julius Anthony Julius (born 1956) is a prominent British lawyer and academic, best known for his actions on behalf of Diana, Princess of Wales and Deborah Lipstadt. ...

Statistics & Ratings

College

Birkbeck is often not included in British Newspaper University league tables, since these are usually based on the statistics for full-time undergraduates (of which Birkbeck had none in 2005-2006^[1]), but Birkbeck was ranked 13th in The Guardian's 2001 Research Assessment Exercise league table and 26th by the Times Higher Education Supplement's equivalent 2001 RAE league table. Birkbeck has also appeared in the Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Top 500 World Universities ranking in 2004, placed in the 404-502nd rank (the tables rank Universities in equal blocks of about 100 after the first 100 individually ranked Universities). However, Birkbeck did not appear in the 2003, 2005 or 2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University listings. The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ... The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is an exercise undertaken every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils (HEFCE, SHEFC, HEFCW, DELNI) to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions. ... The Times Higher Education Supplement, known as The Times Higher for short, is a newspaper based in London, United Kingdom, that reports specifically on issues related to education. ... Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; abbreviated Jiao Da (交大) or SJTU), is one of the oldest and most influential universities in China. ... Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; abbreviated Jiao Da (交大) or SJTU), is one of the oldest and most influential universities in China. ...

Departmental

The Guardian's 2001 RAE subject ranking league tables put Birkbeck in the top 10 for research in the following subjects: English (1st), History (1st), History of Art (2nd), Philosophy (6th), Iberian and Latin American Languages (1st), Earth Sciences (4th), Law (9th), Economics and Econometrics (5th), and Politics and International Studies (5th). The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

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, the School of Crystallography, 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.

Organisation

The university is divided into four faculties, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Continuing Education, which are sub-divided into 20 schools. The current President of the college is the historian Eric Hobsbawm. Most of this article is about heads of state. ... Eric John Earnest Hobsbawm CH (born June 8, 1917 in Alexandria, Egypt) is a British Marxist historian and author. ...

Student life

As Birkbeck is primarily for part-time courses, often in the evenings, student life is less centralised than in other universities. It does not offer its own halls of residence, for instance, though Birkbeck students do have access to the University of London's intercollegiate halls. Halls of residence in British English (commonly referred to as halls, and to a lesser extent hall) are a type of residential accommodation for large numbers of students, similar to dormitories in the United States. ...

Birkbeck Students' Union offers a number of societies for students, as well as a football club that competes in the University of London league. It also provides student representation and support, a student magazine, a student shop and a bar. Birkbeck students also have access to the societies and clubs of the University of London Union. Accordingly, London Student distributes at the Union. University of London Union. ... London Student is the newspaper of the University of London Union. ...

The college arms include a lamp and an owl, symbolising the college's motto In nocte consilium ("advice in the night"). Because of this, the student magazine is called Lamp and Owl. Since 2007 it was relaunched as The Lampanelle. Lamp can be: A portable light fixture such as a table lamp or reading lamp (common usage) Lamp (electrical component), a replacable component that produces light, such as: Incandescent light bulb, also known as an incandescent lamp Fluorescent lamp Gas discharge lamp Arc lamp Signal lamp, a device used for... Families Strigidae Tytonidae Ogygoptyngidae (fossil) Palaeoglaucidae (fossil) Protostrigidae (fossil) Sophiornithidae (fossil) Synonyms Strigidae sensu Sibley & Ahlquist Owls are a group of birds of prey. ...

The college has entered teams in University Challenge over the years with very varied results. In 1997 a team scored just 40 points - at that stage the lowest score since the series had been revived, though this has since been broken by New Hall, Cambridge, the University of Bradford and the University Challenge: The Professionals team of Members of Parliament. ^[9] 1998 saw a reversal of fortunes when Birkbeck reached the final, losing to Magdalen College, Oxford. In 2003 Birkbeck again reached the final, facing another team of mature students from Cranfield University. On this occasion Birkbeck won. University Challenge is a long-running British television quiz show, licensed and produced by Granada Television. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Full name New Hall Motto - Named after - Previous names - Established 1954 Sister College(s) St Annes College, Oxford President Anne Lonsdale Location Huntingdon Road Undergraduates 377 Postgraduates 74 Homepage Boatclub New Hall is a women-only college in the University of Cambridge. ... The University of Bradford is a university in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... College name Magdalen College Latin name Collegium Beatae Mariae Magdalenae Named after Mary Magdalene Established 1458 Sister college Magdalene College, Cambridge President Professor David Clary FRS JCR President Jessica Jones Undergraduates 395 MCR President Eloise Scotford Graduates 230 Location of Magdalen College within central Oxford , Homepage Boatclub Magdalen College (pronounced... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cranfield University is an English University based on three campuses at Shrivenham, in Oxfordshire, and Cranfield and Silsoe in Bedfordshire. ...

Fellows of Birkbeck

• Edward Davey Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Kingston and Surbiton
• Julia Goodfellow Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
• Lord Wolfson of Marylebone

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Notable Birkbeck people

• Georgios Alogoskoufis Minister of Economy and Finance of Greece
• Richard Melville Ballerand strategic policy adviser
• Antony Beevor historian
• J. D. Bernal pioneer of X-ray crystallography
• Annie Besant prominent theosophist
• Tessa Blackstone Member of House of Lords, former U.K. government minister, vice-chancellor of University of Greenwich
• David Bohm quantum physist
• David Cox English statistician
• Andrea Christofidou philosophy academic
• Steven Connor professor
• Diana Coole social scientist
• Bernard Crick political theorist
• Jennifer Donnelly writer
• H. R. Ellis Davidson academic
• John Driffill professor of economics
• Tracey Emin artist
• T.S. Eliot Nobel Laureate for Literature, 1948
• Richard J. Evans lecturer
• Millicent Fawcett
• Orlando Figes professor
• Rosalind Franklin researcher
• Hugh Gaitskell lecturer
• Julia Goldsworthy Liberal Democrat MP for Falmouth and Camborne
• A. C. Grayling prominent philosopher
• Kenneth Hare Master of the College
• Eric Hobsbawm professor and President of the College
• Paul Hirst professor
• C. E. M. Joad professor
• William Joyce (aka Lord Haw-Haw), student
• Peter J. King professor
• Aaron Klug researcher
• Ramsay MacDonald first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• John McDonnell MP Politician
• Leonard Mandel nuclear physicst
• John Redcliffe Maud, master of the college
• Mark Mazower professor
• Louis Mordell researcher
• Laura Mulvey professor
• Nikolaus Pevsner professor
• Ben Pimlott, professor
• Ernest Rogers Millington student
• Nissim Ezekiel student
• Arthur Wing Pinero student
• J. Philippe Rushton student
• Richard Sambrook student
• Roger Scruton professor
• Helen Sharman chemist and cosmonaut
• Ron P. Smith pro vice master and professor of economics
• Martin Sola professor
• Laurie Taylor student
• Kitty Ussher student
• Sidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield founder of the London School of Economics
• George Albert Wells professor
• Ralph Vaughan Williams lecturer
• Barbara Wootton lecturer
• Samir El-Youssef writer

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References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Table 0a - All students by institution, mode of study, level of study, gender and domicile 2005/06. Higher Education Statistics Agency online statistics. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
2. ^ ^{a b} Birkbeck projects win £8.7m HEFCE funding for innovative higher education provision in London. Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} The History of Birkbeck. Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
4. ^ ^{a b} (2002) Birkbeck, University of London Continuing Education Courses 2002 Entry. Birkbeck External Relations Department, 5. 
5. ^ Birkbeck/UEL Partnership at Stratford launched. Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
6. ^ (2004) Birkbeck, University of London Continuing Education Courses 2004 Entry. Birkbeck External Relations Department, 4. 
7. ^ Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities. Retrieved on 2006-11-26.
8. ^ What have intellectuals ever done for the world?. The Observer November 28, 2004. Retrieved on 2006-11-18.
9. ^ New Hall, Cambridge in 1998 and University of Bradford in 2004 both scored 35 points. In the special series University Challenge: The Professionals the Members of Parliament achieved 25 points - the lowest score in the modern era. The score of 40 has also been achieved by Oxford Brookes University (1998), the University of St Andrews (2002 & 2005), Keele University (2002) and Queen's University Belfast (2005). Statistics for the original incarnation of the series are not known, though the lowest score achieved was by the University of Sussex in 1972 with a score of 10. University Challenge - Lowest Scores. Sean Blanchflower's University Challenge Page. Retrieved on 2006-11-18..

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