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Birkbeck supports its alumni community by increasing the discount for further study to 20%

Birkbeck responds to COVID-19 by offering additional financial support to recent graduates and alumni looking to undertake a master’s degree.
Human brain model

Origins of human language pathway in the brain at least 25 million years old

A research team involving Birkbeck has discovered an earlier origin to the human language pathway in the brain, pushing back its evolutionary origin by at least 20 million years.
Dr Richard Cook

Dr Richard Cook becomes the fourth Birkbeck academic to be awarded the British Psychological Society Spearman Medal

The medal is considered to be the most prestigious early career award in UK psychology.

Birkbeck’s ToddlerLab partners on multi-million-pound research project funded by the European Commission

The research project is investigating the underlying mechanisms of co-morbidities in neurodevelopmental diseases and epilepsy.
Dr Giulia Zanetti

The Biochemical Society awards Birkbeck academic prestigious Colworth Medal

Dr Giulia Zanetti has won the 2021 Colworth Medal for her outstanding research in cell biology.

Blue plaque to honour Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan honoured with blue plaque

Vaughan was Birkbeck’s first female professor and a prominent English botanist
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Six subjects at Birkbeck rank in top 200 worldwide

The College’s strong international profile was also demonstrated in the 2020 QS World University Rankings.

Students seated during the Birkbeck graduation ceremony

Birkbeck ranks 11th in the UK for graduate earnings

Birkbeck graduates’ salaries are among the highest in the UK, one year after graduation.
Sir Ed Davey delivers a lecture on the climate change emergency as part of Birkbeck's 100-year anniversary lectures

Climate change and educational neuroscience: the 100th anniversary lecture series so far

The lecture series celebrating the 100th anniversary of Birkbeck joining the University of London began this week, with inspiring talks by Dr Iroise Dumontheil and Sir Ed Davey.
The Birkbeck campus in central London is the location for the College's series of 100-year anniversary lectures

Birkbeck launches lecture series this week, celebrating the 100th anniversary of joining the University of London

In February there are five lectures being held from an invited guest in each School, and Dr Iroise Dumontheil, Reader in Cognitive Neuroscience, kicks off the lecture series on Tuesday 11 February.