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1891: Birkbeck is one of three institutions to form the federal City polytechnic. 1907: The Institution is renamed Birkbeck College, although the name started appearing on documents in 1903. 1913: Lord Haldane's Royal Commission recommends Birkbeck becomes London's evening university.
In 1913, a review of the University of London (which had been restructured in 1900) successfully recommended that Birkbeck become a constituent college, although the outbreak of the First World War delayed this until 1920. [6]
OUR 200-year HISTORY. Learn more about Birkbeck's history, including its foundation meeting in a London pub, the early admission of women to the College, notable Birkbeckians, and our former officers.
Oct 27, 2023 · The College’s inception would revolutionise London’s education system and open education prospects for artisans and craftspeople, yet George Birkbeck was accused of “scattering the seeds of evil”.
The Royal Commission on University Education recommended that Birkbeck become a ‘Constituent College in the Faculties of Arts and Science for evening students’ in 1913, but admission was delayed until after the First World War.
Starting life as the London Mechanics Institute (LMI) in 1823, the College was founded at a time when London was the largest city in the world, the capital of a sprawling British empire, and a place where working men and women were mostly illiterate. Proposing to educate working people was radical.
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The philanthropist George Birkbeck founded the London Mechanics’ Institute in 1823 to provide education to working class people in the capital. In what was considered radical at the time, the Institute allowed artisans and craftsmen to learn about science, art and economics.
