University of London/Birkbeck

University of London/Birkbeck   (College)
Formation	1823
Founder	George Birkbeck
Headquarters	London, UK
A constituent college of the University of London

Birkbeck, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. Established in 1823 as the London Mechanics' Institute by its founder, Sir George Birkbeck, and its supporters, Jeremy Bentham, J. C. Hobhouse and Henry Brougham,

Birkbeck is one of the few universities to specialise in evening higher education in the United Kingdom. Birkbeck offers over 200 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all lectures are given in the evening.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Kemi Badenoch	2 January 1980		UK	Politician Deep state functionary	Chosen as Conservative Party leader in November 2024
Luciana Berger	13 May 1981			Politician	Former Labour MP Liverpool Wavertree, former Chair of Labour Friends of Israel. After parliament started working for PR-company Edelman.
Ed Davey	25 December 1965			Politician	UK politician made Leader of the Liberal Democrats in August 2020.
Juliano Fiori	27 June 1985			Author Academic Rugby player
Alan Freeman				Economist
Emine Ibrahim				Politician
Oliver Kamm	1963			Author Journalist
Robert Lambert	1952		UK	Spook Academic Police officer "Terror expert"	Undercover policeman turned "terror expert"
Ramsay MacDonald	12 October 1866	9 November 1937	UK	Journalist Politician
Denis MacShane	21 May 1948			Politician
John McDonnell	8 September 1951			Politician
Seumas Milne	1958		UK	Journalist Propagandist
Claude Moraes	22 October 1965		UK	Politician	A member of the European Parliament
Mike Small				Author Journalist
Sidney Webb	13 July 1859	13 October 1947	UK

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