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 found an innovative way of making the most of London.
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 it’s too late to change direction? Anna Green left education at 15, but at now aged 27 has recently graduated with a First in Psychology. This is her story.
Think there’s only one way? Think again. Entrepreneur Alexander Mitchell gave up studying law to enrol on a master’s in Business Innovation at Birkbeck to kickstart his business, a matchmaking app with a difference.
While studying for the MSc in Climate Change at Birkbeck, Chevening Scholar Presley Gitari discovered that London is a diverse and - surprisingly - green city.
A Birkbeck subsidy for international students helped Oghenemine Djebah kick off his dream of studying an MA in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice in London.
Latanya Gordon proves there are many routes into education after moving to the UK from the Caribbean in her late teens and going on to win a coveted Law prize at Birkbeck.
Think you’re too busy to study? Nikesha Morris is a dyslexic mum of two – and has another baby on the way – who has just graduated with a BA in Psychosocial Studies and Principles of Psychodynamic Counselling. This is her story.
Balancing a BA in History with work and home-life, Nick Townsend overcome an initial panic of returning to education in his 50s to become a secondary school teacher at 59.
