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Birkbeck welcomes Cyril Taylor scholars advancing digital innovation

A new £75,000 gift from the Cyril Taylor Charitable Foundation is guaranteeing scholarship funding for five postgraduate students pursuing advanced digital and AI subject areas at Birkbeck.
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Intelligent Impact webinar series returns to Birkbeck

Birkbeck will host the second edition of its Intelligent Impact webinar series on 24 February, bringing together leading academics to explore some of the most pressing issues shaping today’s world.

How Birkbeck’s flexible teaching model shaped my career in psychology

Balancing full-time work, parenting and part-time study, Laura Dean began her MSc Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck in 2004 through distance learning. In this first-person reflection, she looks back on how her studies helped set her on the path to senior leadership in psychology.

From Maths to motorbikes: Reg's lifelong learning journey

As a London schoolboy in the early 1960s, Reg Eyre used to walk past Birkbeck College, never imagining that one day he would emerge from its doors “blinking into the daylight as Doctor Reg”.

Birkbeck academic awarded Experimental Psychology Society prize

This marks the first time a Birkbeck academic has received the Experimental Psychology Society’s Frith Prize Lecturer award.
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Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism receives further funding boost

Funding from the Open Society Foundations will support BISA’s research, policy, and public engagement work.
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"I achieved more than I could have imagined”

Studying psychology at Birkbeck helped Allal Hammouda find direction, confidence, and a clear path forward in neuroscience.
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From TV Producer to Social Researcher - Why I chose to study again

Studying at Birkbeck helped Nicki Wedgwood recognise the value of her experience, voice, and perspective.

Linking London Uni Connect Update - January 2026

January 2026 update from Uni Connect.

Birkbeck research culture award funding: penultimate cohort announced

New awards and reflections on impact mark the penultimate round of Birkbeck’s Institutional Funding for Research Culture programme.