Sir Robert Birley (14 July1903–22 July1982) was an Englisheducationalist who was headmaster of Charterhouse School, then Eton College, and an anti-Apartheid campaigner. July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 22 July is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill. ... Charterhouse School is a British public school, located in Godalming in the county of Surrey. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) for boys. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...
This year the seventeenth annual lecture in memory of Sir RobertBirley is being presented jointly with the Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
In addition to its undergraduate degree programmes in the three core disciplines, the School runs a wide range of postgraduate courses in applied and professionally related subjects, including sociology masters programmes covering issues of globalisation: culture, race and identity; social change and human rights.
Sir RobertBirley, the first head of Social Sciences at City, had a passion for education and what it could do for society and the individual.