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Balancing a BA in History with work and home-life, Nick Townsend overcomes an initial panic of returning to education in his 50s to become a secondary school teacher at 59.
Aygun Badalova grew up in Azerbaijan with one dream - to study hard and leave her hometown for a better future. She began by teaching English in Baku but now works in neuroscience in London. And Birkbeck helped her get here.
Think there’s only one way? Think again. Entrepreneur Alexander Flint Mitchell gave up studying law to enroll on a master’s in Business Innovation at Birkbeck to kickstart his business, a matchmaking app with a difference.
Think it’s too late to change direction? Anna Green left education at 15, but now aged 27 has recently graduated with a First in Psychology. This is her story.
Valentina Vlasich moved to the UK from Argentina without ever having visited the UK. But she’s made lots of friends on her BA Film and Media course and has even found an innovative way of making the most of London.
Membership builds on a long-term commitment by the College to support refugee and asylum-seeker communities and expands its activities as a University of Sanctuary.
Global international association, with headquarters in Brussels, comprises international business academics and practitioners, promoting research, global communication, knowledge transfer, lifelong learning and exchanges of ideas.
Birkbeck placed third among all non-Russell Group universities and first among multi-faculty institutions for the likelihood of its graduates earning over £30,000 a year.
The College announces that due to concerns over the Omicron variant, all on-campus teaching will be paused until the end of January 2022.
The Small Business Charter is awarded to institutions that can provide growth enterprise and entrepreneurship support to help UK businesses thrive.