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Birkbeck welcomes the retention of the graduate visa route

The visa allows students who successfully complete a bachelor’s or master’s degree to stay in the UK and work for two years, and those completing a PhD to remain and work for three years.

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Birkbeck's Spring Graduation sees 1,245 graduate in the iconic Senate House

In late April, ten Graduation ceremonies took place over four days, and graduates celebrated in style with their peers, friends, family and Birkbeck staff.

Birkbeck students conducting an experiment in a Microbiology Lab

Book onto fascinating Birkbeck Science Week events, taking place from 29 May to 3 June

Over four evenings from Wednesday 29 May to Monday 3 June, the general public can book onto free science talks, taking place at Birkbeck’s Central London campus and online.

Image of transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (colorized pink and gold).

Professor Ravindra Gupta will give the 2024 Bernal Lecture: SARS CoV-2 : keeping up with an unprecedented pathogen

Bernal Lecture 2024: Professor Ravindra Gupta's lecture will focus on SARS CoV-2: keeping up with an unprecedented pathogen.
Two graduands, one male and one female, are wearing academic gowns and caps and smiling at each other.

Over 1200 postgraduate students set to graduate next week

Graduation will take place from 22 to 25 April, with ceremonies also being live-streamed.

A representation of a brain on a stand, with many linking pathways that look electrical. A purplish hue hangs over the image.

Study shows robots learn better by mimicking early learning experiences of infants

The research opens new avenues for understanding how early experiences shape cognitive and motor development, with potential implications for both robotics and AI.

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Becoming a parent or remaining childfree? New research at Birkbeck investigates how people decide

The survey launched at London Science Museum’s ‘Love Lates’ event.

Professor Wendy Thomson CBE, the University of London’s Vice-Chancellor (left), Professor Sally Wheeler OBE, Birkbeck’s Vice-Chancellor (right)

University of London presents bicentennial commemorative scroll to Birkbeck

The scroll features a quote written in 1924 by former Prime Minister and Birkbeck alumnus, Ramsay MacDonald, which celebrates Birkbeck’s enduring mission and ethos of widening participation in higher education.
The Lala Lallia star dune in Morocco

Birkbeck scientist solves age of one of the Earth's largest and most complex types of sand dune for the first time

Star dunes are a natural wonder found in Africa, Asia and North America, as well as on Mars and on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon - but previously experts had never been able to put a date on when they were formed.

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Learn to live more sustainably at inaugural Birkbeck Climate Festival - 18 to 22 March

The Birkbeck Climate Festival is taking place from 18 to 22 March, with online and in-person events that will inform and inspire.

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