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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.
Somercotes Academy (formerly Birkbeck School) is a mixed secondary school located in North Somercotes, near Louth in Lincolnshire, England. [1] It draws its pupils from largely deprived rural and coastal areas within a 20-mile radius, many travelling by bus for over an hour each way to and from school.
Although most are known as Students' Unions other common terms include Guilds of Students and Students' Associations, the latter being the more common term in Scotland. Student unions facilitate student societies, such as sports clubs and student newspapers , as well as representing students politically to their respective universities and at a ...
The building is now rebranded as "Student Central, London", offering full membership to current University of London students, and associate membership to students at other universities, and other groups. The union previously owned London Student, the largest student newspaper in Europe, which now runs as a digital news organisation [91] [92]
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.
Located in central London, Zone 1, Bloomsbury Institute students have access to University of London’s libraries and social spaces through a long-term relationship with Birkbeck College. The majority of teaching takes place at 373-375 Euston Road.