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Councillor Sabrina Francis, Mayor of Camden, opened Birkbeck’s new state-of-the-art teaching centre this week, unveiling a plaque that celebrates 200 years of Birkbeck providing education in Camden.

The Department is developing the scope of its research and teaching in the fields of planetary science and astrobiology with the help of two newly appointed lecturers.

The new book brings together the work of scholars exploring key themes across these new disciplines.

Birkbeck’s School of Science is holding a programme of free online talks that will be open to a global audience and live streamed to Birkbeck’s YouTube channel.

Professor Ian Crawford has been awarded the honour for his outstanding services to geophysics.

Research looks at the evolution and development of shark teeth and considers a point in time when their teeth were used as taste buds as well as for the consumption of food.

We will welcome all students who meet the conditions of their original offer to Birkbeck, alongside those who we have already offered places to over the last few days.

Birkbeck’s Dr James Hammond says that monitoring the volcano and the surrounding region together with detailed study of past eruptions is vital in order to understand and predict its activity.

The College’s dedication to transforming lives and addressing social inequality through higher education was praised by keynote speaker Sir Harvey McGrath at the annual Foundation Day dinner.

A 230-tonne boulder gives new insight into the processes that drive change on a comet’s surface.