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Birkbeck College

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Birkbeck College
"Birkbeck is a leading research university and vibrant learning community. We're different, our classes are held in the evening, so your days are free to study, work or volunteer. #helloBBK"
Address: Malet Street , London WC1E 7HX, XGL, GB
Phone: 020 7631 6674
State: XGL
City: London
Zip Code: WC1E 7HX

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I enjoyed my time at Birķbeck. Very supportive. On the whole, loved the teaching. Only one class did I regret. Lecturer was a waist if time as she had poor class management skills. Would definitely do another course there.
I didn’t attend university for some time as I was struggling with mental health and issues at the time. I was also in communication with someone from student advice at the university to support me. At the end of the term, the university contacted me and told me that I will be terminated from the course even though I explained to them I was suffering with mental health and having personal medical issues that took place. The email I received from them after explaining this was ridiculous. They also told me they will no longer be responding even though my last email was me telling them the situation. After this I have sent another email this time with more details and this was sent about a month ago and they have not responded as they said they wouldn’t. I have attached the first emails.
I enjoyed my time at Birkbeck. The quality of the education I received along with the University of London seal, made the degree worthwhile in my opinion. I've also been accepted into a global top 50 University for my doctorate program after leaving Birkbeck.
My son attends Birkbeck and he seems very happy at the college. He has just completed a Foundation year providing a bridge from Further Education BTEC to university level work.
The campus is excellent, I came here for an educational meeting. Bus 1 from Waterloo and straight to Russell Square and from there are clear signs to help you find your way.
TL;DR: costly diploma mill with very low education standards and a bullying atmosphere. The whole story: I had the displeasure of working there for 2 years as a lecturer and had to experience: * massive doses of identity politics, with a consistent push to "help" read: "lower/ignore education standards for" people of specific demographics; * grade everybody more or less the same - in more than one instance I was asked to adjust my votes by non-competent faculty members without a single hour of experience in my area and I was even once set to evaluate with another person loyal to the line that wanted to grade all the students exclusively in the 50-70 range; * conversely, students are allowed to act as they please without any fear of repercussion: for example, a student accused me of getting everything in my life because I was a "white male", with noticeable emphasis and disgust on those two words. I still graded her fairly and she passed my class, but I was suggested by other students to report this, otherwise I would have risked trouble uh? For being insulted?. I did. The faculty told me to be more tolerant and accept other opinions! * completely incompetent people were put to teach in fields they have no real experience in and whenever I politely questioned it, it was only to face extremely outraged reactions and told never to speak about it again; * in other instances a prominent faculty member told me that I should not even begin to argue, since he has a PhD! Notice: PhD in history that had ZERO relevance to what we were discussing - a much more technical aspect of the curriculum; * the same faculty member suggested that I had some impact on a student with an unfortunate condition, a PTSD; I told I knew who he was talking to, since we talked about it for a while, but whatever I did in class had no bearing with it and he hurried to change topic, never to bring it up again. Separately, I asked the student if I ever did anything that brought her distress up, but she strongly denied it and was actually quite irritated that her medical condition was brought up without even asking her as a weapon to silence people that the faculty did not like; * student whining about having to, you know, study is ALWAYS welcome: I was told that having a final assignment for a module in a master degree taking up to 4h but, really, much less if you were active in class and did the intermediate steps, in which case it was less than 1h was absolutely too much. Plus I should keep simplifying my curriculum because some students again, with occasional mentions to their demographics cannot keep up; * on the same note, I was told to stop asking questions to the class during my classes, since it was part of a "humiliating" and "intimidating" atmosphere. Since I actually found it senseless and wanted to keep engaging my class, I easily guessed who was complaining 3-4 students and started not asking them; fast-forward two weeks and the faculty called me back again, now on the ground that I focus only on my favourites 20+ people ignoring the rest of the class those 3-4 students who even rarely bothered to greet or ask questions, which anyway I was still regularly answering; * despite accusing me of "bullying" students with false references to the PTSD-afflicted student and the questions I mentioned above and more, the environment was clearly extremely hostile and biased against people not embracing the dominant ideology there, particularly if coming from my demographic as I was told openly more than once: so much for inclusion and diversity, uh?!; * the bullying also manifested with blatant double-standards: I was accused of not replying in a timely manner to some students even when it turned out they were just missing my messages, while some part of the staff, particularly the administrative one, would answer in MONTHS and only if pushed to do so multiple times; * a student could not graduate on time because the administration lost her papers and that gave her immense trouble with her visa - no apologies were ever provided.
For it is worth, my experience here was quite poor. I think the biggest problem with this University and possibly the rest of UK universities is that they effectively operate as businesses, despite being charities. In the constant search for fresh "blood" i.e., students, the College will make promises, sell themeselves, spend thousands on marketing just to get your money. Leveraging the availability on student loans, they showed little interest on the student as an investment, but constantly made me feel as a "milk cow" in exchange for effectively a mostly useless piece of paper. The system is broken mind you. I met lots of amazing academics, incredible people full of drive and passion. They, like the students, find themselves in poorly paid, tough jobs. Instead, the students find themselves in debt, stressed and often jobless, event at the end of the course. To anyone thinking of studying here, I suggest you seriously ignore their marketing, their research status and anything else. I am sure there is a lot worse out there, still this education is largely overpriced and if you ask me, mostly useless. Just think, will I get a job after I finish whatever I plan to get myself in heavy debt for? Who is to blame? No one I guess. As long there's demand for it, courses will be supplied. I think the biggest issues is that students nearly always overestimate the actual benefits of formal education, without carefully assessing the financial implications. Student loans are loans, not grants! Good luck.
International student very happy with the experience so far : This is the end of my second term and I only have good things to say: -Excellent and passionate professors. -International student have an extremely low hiring rate after completing their studies at any UK university, but Birkbeck has a coaching service where they train you to learn how to give better interviews, how to improve your CV, Linkedin profile, etc, etc, etc. Excellent service! -I got an internship in a technology company through their program Digital Careers. -I applied to a mentorship program and I got assigned 2 incredible mentors. Both of them are Birkbeck alumni, one works at Google and the other one is a very well known professional in London in the area of technology. Both of them have shared quite valuable insights with me. -I got 2 free certificates in extracurricular programs. -Support on every need you could have, from mental support to financial guide. -You get access to countless amount of books, journals, free courses etc. -You get access to use the library of Senate House which is AMAZING! I only have so many good things to say about the uni :
I studied three years at Birkbeck for a History of Art BA and then did a further year of study for my MA. The evening set up meant I could still work and the courses were so engaging that I felt refreshed rather than exhausted. The vast majority of the lecturers are extremely knowledgeable and teach their subjects with passion. I could not have got my degrees at a conventional university and am forever grateful for the unique teaching system at Birkbeck.
I've been attending this university and I'm about to go into my second year of my Law LLB. I can confidently say this is the best educational institution I can think of. The tutors on the course are all so good and supportive, I feel like learning so much has helped me attain good grades. Interacting with other tutors and students alike has also really given me so much more confidence. I love my course that I'm on, I love this amazing university and I must recommend it to everyone looking to join uni. Bring on Year 2 Law!
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