History: A progressive university. Created two centuries ago as the London Mechanics Institution to extend higher education to the working people of London. Became Birkbeck College in 1907, and has ...

Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser does not support iframes. Overview Birkbeck is different. At a time when the social scene comes alive in most ...

Birkbeck is a world-class research and teaching institution, a vibrant centre of academic excellence and London’s only specialist provider of evening higher education. We encourage applications from ...

Birkbeck, University of London, is withdrawing from UK university rankings because it feels they do not fairly recognise its strengths, or represent it in a way helpful to students. It is pulling out ...

Birkbeck, University of London has announced its partnership with Oxford International Education Group (OIEG) to boost its international student intake. A member of the University of London, ...

A London university has come under fire over its plans which a union has said could result in it cutting up to a quarter of teaching staff, following a drop in student numbers. The proposals at ...

13:30, Mon, Oct 2, 2023 Updated: 13:31, Mon, Oct 2, 2023 A professor has quit his job at a London university to set up a "free speech" course at another institution. Eric Kaufmann, a longtime ...

The philanthropist George Birkbeck founded the London Mechanics’ Institute in 1823 to provide education to working class people in the capital. In what was considered radical at the time, the ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Birkbeck, University of London (BBK)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each ...