BBK 2015 is here
The latest issue of BBK magazine, Birkbeck’s review of the year, has been published.
The latest issue of BBK magazine, Birkbeck’s review of the year, has been published.
Looking back over the College’s news, views, events and research for the academic year 2014/15, the issue looks at how the year has been one of continued transition and adaptation for Birkbeck, with the environment in which universities operate having changed a great deal because of last year’s general election and a new government.
The issue looks ahead at how the new government might impact higher education, with Nick Hillman, Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute, laying out the main implications.
Dr Rosie Campbell, from the School of Social Science, History and Philosophy, looks at the race for women voters during last year’s election.
Central to Birkbeck’s ethos is reaching out to communities under-represented in higher education and ensuring that anyone, regardless of background, has the opportunity to benefit from further study. This year, the College has built a new partnership with the London Borough of Haringey to bring Birkbeck’s expertise in widening participation to Tottenham, and is explored in a feature looking at improving the prospects of the area’s residents in the years ahead.
We have also seen successes of the past – such as the introduction of three year, full-time evening degrees – become the successes of today, with the largest ever cohort of students graduating from the College this year.
As ever, the College is continually looking at how it can expand the richness of the experience it offers our students, to make their time at Birkbeck one which stays with them for life, both personally and professionally.
To that end, BBK also examines the new teaching lab that will be a game-changer for teaching geology and we meet some of our entrepreneurial students who are benefiting from a new suite of programmes aimed at encouraging small businesses to flourish.
After Photograph 51 starring Nicole Kidman as Rosalind Franklin came to the London stage in 2015, the magazine also looks at the legacy of Dr Franklin’s legacy, this year’s cover story. Dr Franklin was based at Birkbeck for the final five years of her life, before her untimely death from cancer at the age of 37. Her life and contribution have left a profound legacy, for Birkbeck as well as women in science, and this issue explores the contemporary resonance of her work in pushing these boundaries for academia today.
Finally, in looking at the past we also look ahead to the 200th anniversary of the College’s foundation, with an intriguing snapshot of how the College’s centenary was celebrated back in 1923 to inspire you to share your ideas of how you think we should mark this momentous occasion.
More information on how to share your ideas can be found here.
Further information
- BBK Magazine
- Dr Rosie Campbell
- Photograph 51
- Dr Rosalind Franklin
- Higher Education Policy Institute
- London borough of Haringey
- Birkbeck widening participation
- 2023 – share your ideas