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Birkbeck Students' Union (also Birkbeck Union or Birkbeck SU) is the representative body for students at Birkbeck, University of London, a public research university located in Bloomsbury, London, England. As Birkbeck primarily offers part-time courses, often in the evenings, student life is less centralised than in other universities.
Sir George Birkbeck, founder of Birkbeck, University of London Part of the main Birkbeck campus in Bloomsbury, showing the main entrance (on the right).. In 1823 Sir George Birkbeck, a physician and graduate of the University of Edinburgh who was a pioneer of adult education, founded the London Mechanics' Institute at a meeting in the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand.
Birkbeck Students' Union, a Student Union in London; Birkbeck station, a railway station and tram stop in south London; Birkbeck Stratford, the name for a project to expand the provision of part-time Higher Education in east London. Birkbeck Court, the oldest and largest student residence at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland. Birkbeck ...
The following have served as President of Birkbeck: [1] 1823–1841: George Birkbeck FRS (founder of Birkbeck) 1841–1888: William Lloyd Birkbeck; 1888–1897: The Rt Hon The Earl of Northbrook, GCSI; 1903–1915: The Rt Hon Lord Alverstone, GCMG; 1919–1928: The Rt Hon Viscount Haldane, KT, OM, FRS
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. It aims at working people who want to study for degrees in the evenings ( adult education ).
The publication owes its name to the institution that publishes the title, Birkbeck, University of London. The first Mechanics' Institute in London was founded in 1823 by George Birkbeck. "Mechanics" then meant "skilled artisans", and the purpose of the institute was to instruct them in the principles behind their craft.
Birkbeck Stratford is the name for a project to expand the provision of part-time Higher Education in east London, made by Birkbeck, University of London in conjunction with the University of East London.
The students do have to bring their own cooking utensils and cleaning products. Every flat in Birkbeck court is the same and the living area can comfortably sit six people. This consists of 2 sofas, four stools and a television. The dining area is fairly small as it is a small breakfast bar with a few chairs, so not all students can eat together.