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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Whilst growing up in a low-income family in Azerbaijan, Aygun Badalova taught herself fluent English to fulfil her life-long dream of studying in England. This year she graduated with an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology. Read her story 👉

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

6 years

We can confirm that we are to withdraw from UK university rankings as we believe they do not give an accurate picture of the strengths of the College, but Birkbeck will remain part of the international listings.

Birkbeck to leave UK university league tables

Domestic rankings do not give accurate picture of the strengths of the College, but Birkbeck will remain part of the international listings.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

6 years

Birkbeck's Prof Matthew Davies leads new online map project that lets users peel back London’s streets to trace its changes over the past 500 years. 'Layers of London' reveal lost fields, open rivers & debtor prisons in what are now dense urban streets.

Amazing new maps of London unearth history beneath the capital's streets

Digital project charts growth of the capital over past 500 years

www.standard.co.uk

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

At Birkbeck, we’re proud to offer our students the chance to change their lives through education and make admissions decisions based on students’ future potential, not just their past attainment.

The Times and The Sunday Times

@thetimes

5 years

Hundreds of students with the worst A levels are going on to get first-class degrees each year, fuelling fears of grade inflation at universities

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 months

Last week, HRH the Princess Royal joined members of the Birkbeck community at Mansion House for our 2023 Foundation Day Dinner.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Annnnnnnd WE WON! 🎉 Go #TeamBirkbeck and bring on the next round 😆 #UniversityChallenge

Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Guys. It's happening. Tune in to @BBCTwo tonight at 20:30pm BST to catch us on #UniversityChallenge !! 🎉 We'll be competing against @UniofReading . Let us introduce you to the team that'll be repping BBK 👇😍! #teambbk

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

As the only university in London to have secured University of Sanctuary status, Birkbeck is working with a range of partner organisations to do all we can to support Afghan scholars and students trying to continue their education and work. 1/3

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 months

Last week over 200 members of the Birkbeck community gathered at Mansion House to commemorate Birkbeck's 200th anniversary, with speeches from Birkbeck’s Vice-Chancellor and HRH The Princess Royal: #Birkbeck200

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Happy Birthday to Birkbeck's founder, George Birkbeck, who would have been 245 today! Almost 200 years since our founding, we still adhere to the same values that inspired our creation; education is for everyone. ✨

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

We're delighted to award author @KitdeWaal with a Fellowship today, in recognition of the support she has given to MA Creative Writing students through the Kit de Waal Scholarship programme 🎓 #BBKGrad

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

We're so proud to announce that Professor Sir Roger Penrose OM has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work carried out at Birkbeck in the 1960s, which demonstrated that black holes were an inevitable consequence of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. 😮

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Yesterday, we welcomed the Rt Hon John Bercow to @bbksshp graduation, as he was conferred a fellowship at the College. Here is some of John's advice to students 🎤 What's your fav line from John's wisdom? #johnbercow @HoC_Speaker_MP

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

10 months

When Birkbeck was founded, artisans and craftspeople could learn about science, art, and economics for the first time: a concept so controversial that George Birkbeck was accused of 'scattering the seeds of evil'.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Today we celebrate Virginia Woolf's birthday ✨ Woolf was a prominent British author who lived in Bloomsbury for much of her life. In fact, our @birkbeck_arts building in Gordon Square was once Woolf's home and a meeting place for the Bloomsbury Group. 📚💜

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Guys. It's happening. Tune in to @BBCTwo tonight at 20:30pm BST to catch us on #UniversityChallenge !! 🎉 We'll be competing against @UniofReading . Let us introduce you to the team that'll be repping BBK 👇😍! #teambbk

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

We're so proud to be the first higher education institution in London to be awarded University of Sanctuary status for our support of refugees and asylum seekers! 💜 Well done BBK 👏

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

We're celebrating the 100th anniversary of Birkbeck alumna, Rosalind Franklin's, birth this weekend 🎉 It was her work on X-ray diffraction studies that eventually made possible the double helix theory of DNA! 🧬 Check out this video series to celebrate:

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Tonight! 🤩 We'll be back on your screens competing in #UniversityChallenge on @BBCTwo at 8:30pm. Tune in to see if we manage to secure a place in the quarter-finals! Good luck Birkbeck! 👏 #TeamBirkbeck

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

It's officially the first day of term & we would like to welcome all new and returning students to Birkbeck! It's going to be different this year, but we hope that you'll enjoy your studies and have a great experience with your fellow students, albeit virtually 💜 #hellobbk

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

We're proud to announce Birkbeck is ranked first in London by part-time students for teaching and overall satisfaction, according to the National Student Survey published on Thursday! 🎉 Read more 👉 @nss_ipsos

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

10 months

Congratulations and welcome to Birkbeck! 🥳

لينة 🍉

@LeenaShibeika

10 months

After a year long application process and an hour long excruciating interview I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been finally #ChosenForChevening ! I’ll be doing my masters in geography at @BirkbeckUoL this October -

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

Did you know that Birkbeck was founded with the aim of educating the working people of London? We've been helping people access higher education and transform their lives since our creation in 1823. 🤩 1/4

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

The Birkbeck community has been deeply affected by the recent events in the USA and we also acknowledge that racism is a lived reality for many Black, Asian and ethnic minority people in the UK and across the globe.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

At Birkbeck, we have a relatively high number of BAME students compared with other universities, but at #PhD level, the representation of BAME students is lower. That's why we're offering 5 fully funded #studentships for #BAME PhD students. 🤩👏

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

10 months

We are pleased to announce that Professor Sally Wheeler, OBE has been appointed as Birkbeck's new Vice-Chancellor and will take up her new post on 1st January 2024. Read more:

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Tune in to @cbbc ’s ‘Operation Ouch!’, a show that educates young viewers about the world of medicine & biology, tonight at 5pm to see our @BirkbeckBabylab team chatting to @xandvt about the brain activity of babies when they sleep! 👶🍼 #OperationOuch

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Congratulations to Birkbeck academic @b_mcgeever who has been selected as one of ten 'New Generation Thinkers' 💡

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

TONIGHT! We compete in the quarter-finals of #UniversityChallenge ! 🎉 Watch on @BBCTwo at 20:30pm 🤩 Good luck Team BBK!

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

7 years

Marina Warner, Prof of English & #CreativeWriting at Birkbeck, has been elected as 19th President of @RSLiterature -

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Our BAME students form a relatively high percentage of overall student numbers, but the proportion of #BAME students at PhD level is significantly lower. In order to address this, we're offering our Diversity100 PhD studentships for 2021 entry & are now inviting applications! 1/2

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 months

This #InternationalWomensDay , we're celebrating the fact that in 1830, Birkbeck took the radical step of becoming one of the first colleges to admit women as students - nearly 40 years before the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

6 months

On this day in 1823 the London Mechanics’ Institute, which later went on to become Birkbeck University, was founded. Happy 200th Anniversary Birkbeck. Changing lives since 2 December 1823. Read more: #Birkbeck200

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

We think former Birkbeck scientist Rosalind Franklin would be more appropriate on the new £50 note. She played a crucial role in decoding the structure of DNA. What do you think? 💷💷

The New Statesman

@NewStatesman

5 years

The message Margaret Thatcher on a £50 note would send is definitely not “chemist and science enthusiast”, says @sianushka

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

We're so proud to be placed fourth in the ranking of UK universities for our impact on advancing the social mobility of our graduating students. 🎉 #highereducation #socialmobility

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@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Who else is watching Team Birkbeck playing #UniversityChallenge on @BBCTwo right now?! Good luck guys, it's looking close! 😆

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@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

The best thing about our students is that they come from all ages, nationalities, backgrounds & walks of life 💜 Today, we want to celebrate that by hearing what made you choose to study at Birkbeck 💬👇 #proudtobeBBK

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

We are delighted to announce the opening of Birkbeck's Centre for Neurodiversity at Work, the UK's first centre to research neurodiversity in the workplace. Cutting-edge research will enhance & support ethical, impactful organisational practice. Read more:

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Meet Patricia, the 91-year-old MA Shakespeare & Contemporary Performance graduate who watched 37 performances at @The_Globe for her dissertation (once watching three in one day!) 🤩 #inspired

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

7 years

There’s still time to apply for a full-time UG degree at #Birkbeck . Find your course and apply now via #UCAS -

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

7 years

Congratulations to new #BBKgrad , Dr Margarit Stern, who was awarded her PhD from @birkbeck_arts today aged 86.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

We're so proud to announce that Birkbeck has been reconfirmed as one of the UK's leading research-intensive universities, with 83% of research confirmed as world-leading and internationally excellent in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework 🎉 Read more:

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Established on values to educate the working class in 1823, we are proud to say that our founding principles are still at the core of what we do. With 64% of our part-time students from low-income backgrounds, we strive to give opportunities to those who need them most.

BBC Education

@bbceducation

4 years

Top universities to give more places to disadvantaged

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

10 months

YES TEAM! 👏 Huge congratulations to our #UniversityChallenge team for an impressive win last night! Excited to watch you in the next round! Go Team Birkbeck 🥳 You can catch up on last night's episode here: @BirkbeckUnion

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

We're proud to be merging with @openlibhums , a journal publisher where articles are freely and permanently accessible for everyone, immediately after publication. This supports our ethos that education should be made available to all 💜

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Bloomsbury looking pretty in the Autumn 🍂🍃🍂 What's your favourite green space in Bloomsbury to spend time in? #gordonsquare #bloomsbury

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Following a vote by nearly 2000 students, staff and alumni, we've chosen a new logo that will sit alongside our existing logo to mark two centuries of evening study. 🦉😲

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

6 years

We were honoured to welcome the busy @DavidLammy MP at spring graduation in order to recognise him with his much-deserved Fellowship. #BBKgrad

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

BOOM! Team Birkbeck are through to the quarter-finals after a great round against @OpenUniversity last night on #UniversityChallenge 🥳😆👏 Thank you for a good game OU!

Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Tonight! 🤩 We'll be back on your screens competing in #UniversityChallenge on @BBCTwo at 8:30pm. Tune in to see if we manage to secure a place in the quarter-finals! Good luck Birkbeck! 👏 #TeamBirkbeck

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Today is World Access to Higher Education Day! 🎉 Birkbeck was founded on the idea that education should be open to everyone. That's why we run our classes in the evening - so that whatever commitments you might already have, education is still an option for you! 🦉

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

To all of our students + members of our community that are key workers, we wanted to say thank you 💜 - for keeping us safe + allowing the country to keep running in these unprecedented times. Huge respect for you and everything you are doing ✨ Tag someone to say thank you 🙋‍♀️

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 months

HUGE congratulations to our fantastic team on another #universitychallenge win last night, this time against @sheffielduni ! Well played Sheffield, you were a great competitor 👏 And of course, always a pleasure to hear BIRKBECK MCMILLAN 🐓🤣

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

Happy New Year to all of our students, stall and alumni! We hope you have a happy and healthy 2022! 🥳🦉 Image: @shotsdr

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

1 year

Did you know that Birkbeck was one of the first colleges to admit women as students? Women started attending Birkbeck in 1830, nearly 40 years before the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge! Find out more about Birkbeck's rich history:

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Read the incredible story of one Birkbeck student who escaped Syria, secured a scholarship as an asylum seeker and is now thriving studying a Politics degree at Birkbeck. Well done Ishmael 👏👏👏 #helloBBK

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

We wanted to say a big congratulations to Birkbeck alumna @lisanandy for her appointment as @UKLabour Shadow Foreign Secretary! 🎉 #bbkgrad #bbkalumni

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

1 year

The first sign that winter is on its way out! We love seeing the daffodils coming out to say hello on Malet Street 💐💛 #helloBBK

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@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Birkbeck is for everybody 👏👏👏

Roger Luckhurst

@TheProfRog

4 years

For 197 years my college #Birkbeck has basically said: you know what, forget what your #AlevelResults are, let’s just have a conversation about your aims and ambitions instead. Take a look, give us a call.

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@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

🎉🎉🎉 #universitychallenge

UC Stats

@StatsUc

4 years

Series stats (After Ep13) - Highest team scores: 1. Birkbeck - 295 2. St Andrews - 255 2. Warwick - 255 4. St John's, Cambridge - 220 5. Open - 210 5. Merton, Oxford - 210 7. Glasgow - 200 7. Manchester - 200 9. Strathclyde - 190 10. Durham - 180 #UniversityChallenge #UCStats

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

🌳 Tree Appreciation Post 🌳 Today is #LoveATreeDay , and so we thought we'd reflect on some of the oaks that we miss admiring on campus. Tag us in your throwback pics from around Bloomsbury to celebrate the beautiful place we love to study from! We'll be back soon Bloomsbury!🌳💚

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Huge congratulations to Prof. @martin_eve of @birkbeck_arts for being awarded the prestigious @LeverhulmeTrust Prize for Languages and Literature. Professor Eve's research centres on contemporary American fiction & histories and philosophies of technologies! Well done 👏

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

A very Merry Christmas from all of our students and staff at Birkbeck! 🎄

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

HRH The Princess Royal visited today to mark our 100th anniversary with @UoLondon ! She was given a tour of our world-leading research into the early signs of autism, and met students from our award-winning Compass Project, which supports refugees + asylum seekers to access HE.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

6 years

Two PhD students from Syria have joined Birkbeck on Fellowships from the Council for At-Risk Academics. @CARA1933 has been providing support to academics fleeing from oppressive regimes since 1933 & Birkbeck has a long history of supporting refugees too.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Birkbeck’s Centre for Museum Cultures recently hosted the launch of Anwar Akhtar’s new film: Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret – Lahore Museum. The film has been developed by The Samosa Media Project, which is supported by @Birkbeck_Arts .

Pakistan’s Best Kept Secret – Lahore Museum

Birkbeck hosts launch of new film which will support diversity in the curriculum

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@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

This year we welcomed 20 new scholars as part of the #CompassProject , a scheme that helps refugees and asylum seekers access higher education in the UK. Read about how they were introduced this year to Birkbeck and to London 👉 @BBKOutreach

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

It's the first day of the new academic year! Good luck to all new and returning students joining us this week, we hope you have a brilliant autumn term! 🎉🦉 #helloBBK

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

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We’re celebrating the birthday of George Birkbeck today, whose speech on educating working Londoners in 1823 laid the foundation for Birkbeck. His principles to educate working people remain firmly in our mission as we commemorate our 200th year. #Birkbeck200 #Birkbeckbicentenary

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

"What the treatment of Meghan Markle exemplifies is that there are limitations to Black British citizenship." Following the launch of Markle's new podcast, revisit Dr @willackah 's blog from the archives - Racism, Royalty & the Limitations of Britishness:

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

This year, Birkbeck will be welcoming 28 @cheveningfco Scholars! 🥳 Students will be attending from 23 countries and studying a range of subjects, including screenwriting, business innovation and global politics. Congratulations, we can't wait!

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

6 years

We'd love to see former Birkbeck scientist Rosalind Franklin on the new £50 note. She played a crucial role in decoding the structure of DNA. Who would you like to see? 💷💷💷

The Guardian

@guardian

6 years

New £50 note: Bank of England asks public to nominate scientist

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

We're proud to announce our new partnership with @GoldmanSachs to create the Goldman Sachs & Birkbeck Diversity Fund - a suite of scholarships, bursaries & hardship funds for students from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic backgrounds, assisting those affected by COVID-19.

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@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Congratulations to each and every #BBKgrad ! It has been an honour and a privilege to help you celebrate your achievements this week

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

8 years

Change your life – get a place at Birkbeck. #BirkbeckOE Open Evening - 7 Sept - book now:

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@BirkbeckUoL

1 year

After being raised in care in East London and getting in trouble with the police during his childhood, Mark left school with no GCSEs or A-Levels before embarking on a successful 20-year career as a dance DJ and music producer, which included presenting a show on @BBCRadio1Xtra .

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@BirkbeckUoL

7 years

#BirkbeckOE Open Evenings are now held at the historic & beautiful Senate House located next to Birkbeck. Book now -

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@BirkbeckUoL

6 years

Birkbeck's Prof Matthew Davies leads new online map project that lets users peel back London’s streets to trace its changes over the past 500 years. 'Layers of London' reveal lost fields, open rivers & debtor prisons in what are now dense urban streets.

Amazing new maps of London unearth history beneath the capital's streets

Digital project charts growth of the capital over past 500 years

www.standard.co.uk

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@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Wow! 😮 One of our PhD students, @keithjlondon , has his poem projected across St. Paul's Cathedral this week. The poem tells the story of St Paul's Watch: volunteers who risked their lives to protect St. Paul's during the Blitz. @PoetrySociety @HistoricEngland #WhereLightFalls

The Poetry Society

@PoetrySociety

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Very proud of @keithjlondon whose poem 'From the Log Book' is being projected on St Paul's Cathedral right now. A joy to work with you and @HistoricEngland on #WhereLightFalls

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We wanted to say a huge congratulations to Prof Jonathan Smith for his election as Honorary Fellow of the @BPSOfficial - one of the highest awards of the #BPS , with the list of previous recipients including Carl Jung & Noam Chomsky 😲

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@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Lovely to catch a glimpse of campus in bloom this year 😍

Sue Homeyard

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3 years

Magnolia tree at back of @BirkbeckUoL , @londonuniv in Malet Street. Just beautiful. #bloomsbury #london

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6 years

9 year old tells his mum “You’re going to be amazing” as she graduates with a first class degree in Law from Birkbeck. Read Chloe's amazing story here 👉 #BBKgrad

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

We're so excited to say that our new building at 373 Euston Road has been announced as the winner of the New London Architecture Awards 'learning' category 2021, for its striking design and BREEAM 'Excellent' sustainability rating! ✨ Read more:

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@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Congratulations to our Professor Anthony Bale, who has been elected as President of @NCS_Chaucer which provides a forum for teachers and scholars of Geoffrey #Chaucer and his age. #MedievalTwitter 🎉

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

#OnThisDay Rosalind Franklin, a British scientist who made important contributions to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA & RNA, was born!🥳She worked as a Research Fellow at BBK when she made her discoveries about the structure of RNA. 🤩

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@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

'After having suffered so much trauma in my life, I was desperate to find something rewarding and positive.' Usha Rasagopal graduated this week - a huge feat after her traumatic upbringing escaping the civil war in Sri Lanka. Read her #bbkgrad story:

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@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

Applications are open for our Diversity100 PhD Studentships 🎉 - covering all tuition fees + a tax-free stipend for living expenses! Only open to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic students. Find out more 👉 #BAME #studentship

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@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

Congratulations to Professor Dermot Hodson on receiving a £500,000 grant for cutting-edge research in European political economy! Read more 👉

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@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Birkbeck is calling for Dr Rosalind Franklin, who worked in the Department of #Crystallography here, to be the face of the new £50 note. 💷💷💷 #50poundnote

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

3 years

Today is #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay and we couldn't think of a better mascot to represent our community. 👏 Shout out night owls 🦉🌙

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

For all the students out there who are struggling to get their heads down over the festive period, this one's for you 💜

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

Congratulations to the 1100 postgraduates celebrating their achievements this week - you did it! 🎓 🎉👏 #BBKgrad

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

2 years

Happy Christmas to all of our students, staff and alumni! 🎄 We hope you have a magical day ☃️✨ #helloBBK

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

We would like to say a big congratulations to the ten Birkbeck academics who have been promoted to the title of Professor this year! 👏 Find out who's been conferred and what their research entails 👉

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

1 year

What does it mean to be educated? Why have Birkbeck's students been prepared to give up so much to study for a higher degree? Prof @bourke_joanna will be discussing her new book, ‘Birkbeck – 200 Years of Radical Learning for Working People’ this Thursday:

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

6 years

A new interactive digital platform developed in partnership with Birkbeck enables you to virtually peel back the layers of #London 's fascinating history, Take a look 👉 #history @LayersofLondon

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

#Birkbeck was launched in 1823 in its first manifestation as the London Mechanics’ Institute. It was founded out of a revolutionary idea: to allow the working class to be educated. Read more about our rich history:

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Eric Hobsbawm was the best-known & most widely respected historian in the world. Check out this #BBKInspires , tonight, about Eric’s life and legacy - with Professor Julian Swann and Professor Sir Richard J Evans. ✨ #twitterstorians

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

4 years

Our response to the Government's latest announcement around #ALevelsResults - A THREAD 1/5 ✨: Birkbeck has a long history of providing opportunity for everyone. We welcome the Government’s announcement that A-level grades will now be determined by teacher assessments.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 years

We were extremely upset to learn that Eric Salama has been attacked and injured in an incident in Kew. Eric has been a passionate supporter and governor of the College for a number of years and we would like to wish him a speedy recovery. Our thoughts are with him and his family.

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

5 months

Wow! What a brilliant, tense episode of #UniversityChallenge last night - another win for Team Birkbeck! 🦉 Well done to our fantastic team! 👏 Watch the episode: @BirkbeckUnion

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Birkbeck, University of London

@BirkbeckUoL

1 year

WOW! Huge congratulations to the 'Strigiformes' on @BBCTwo 's #OnlyConnect as they took home the victory this week! Joshua, Jonathan and Jonathan are all Birkbeck alumni - their team name means 'owls'! 🎉🦉

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