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Online communities tend to become alarmingly toxic over time

A research study investigated the online behaviour of a British electronic dance music community over 18 years, analysing more than seven million posts from its 20,000 members.

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Over 1200 postgraduate students set to graduate next week

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

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Birkbeck Arts Week returns to Bloomsbury with a rich tapestry of free events

From 7-10 May, the public will have the opportunity to witness and experience the latest innovations emerging from the intersection of art, research, and culture.

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General public willing to support science-based policies, according to new Birkbeck report

Last week the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology and the United States’ President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology made a joint statement which draws on the research.

Sexual violence research instigates change

Led by Professor Emerita Joanna Bourke and Dr Ruth Beecher, the Wellcome-Trust funded project achieved many successes, including publications, the hosting of festivals, policy making, and the production of a film following the stories of survivors of sexual violence.

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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.
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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 new festival, open to the public, is taking place from 18 to 22 March, with interactive and participatory online and in-person events that will inform and inspire.

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