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'I want to support an institution that has its heart in the right place'

Hear from our student callers who are keeping in touch with alumni about latest university news, exclusive benefits and opportunities and to ask for support for the Birkbeck Fund.

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How Birkbeck alumna is championing better support for menopausal women

Birkbeck alumna Becky Cotton co-founded Lumino to develop unique support for women’s health problems, specifically symptoms of menopause.

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‘My Birkbeck studies gave me the confidence to focus my career on helping others’

Community champion Janet Grauberg credits her Birkbeck studies for giving her time to dedicate to volunteering, which led to her being awarded an OBE.

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Events calendar

Connect & Co-create: Learn from Birkbeck Research Centres

28 February 2025, 12:00 to
24 April 2026, 13:00

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Documenting the Amazon: Film screening and Q&A with film director Fernando Segtowick

20 May 2025
14:45 — 17:00

Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
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Academic skills workshop: Critical writing

20 May 2025
16:00 — 17:00

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Blog

Single mum graduates with first class degree

Chloe Livingston took the meaning of multi-tasking to the extreme when she decided to enrol for a law degree while working full time and raising her son as a single parent.

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A day in the life

of James Hammond who visited Chile as part of his research into earthquakes.

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Reframing human-predator relations

Dr Simon Pooley investigates if humans and predators can coexist in areas where habitats are shrinking.