Bloomsbury, London -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/03/2016 -- Birkbeck celebrates another record year of top result and degree entry success as well as student achievement on the undergraduate Cert HE programmes in Life Sciences in Subjects Allied to Medicine.

Birkbeck Cert Life Sciences students have gone onto a number of degrees and institutions such as Kings College London, Royal Veterinary College, Birkbeck, City University, UCL, University of Kent, St Georges (Medicine), Brunel, Kingston, Hertfordshire, Portsmouth, Queen Mary, De Montfort, Royal Holloway, Roehampton, Southampton, Manchester, Sheffield, Hull and have gone onto a range of degree programmes including Pharmacy, Biomedical Sciences, Physiotherapy, Dietetics and Nutrition, Nursing (Childen's, Adult and mental Health), Veterinary Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Biological Sciences, Midwifery studies and Sports Therapy.

Successful completion of just two terms of study on the Cert HE in Life Studies in Subjects Allied to Medicine allows successful students to progress to the Birkbeck BSC in Biomedicine.

The Cert HE Life Sciences in Subjects Allied to Medicine is ideal for those interested in a career in fields such as pharmacy, physiotherapy and osteopathy, nutrition and dietetics, biomedicine, pharmacology, biochemistry, sports science, biological science, radiography, audiology, speech therapy,occupational therapy, nursing, midwifery and dental nursing.

Birkbeck, University of London is a world class research and teaching institution,a vibrant centre of academic excellence and London's only specialist provider of evening higher education. We offer the Certificate in Higher Education in Life Sciences Allied to Medicine for students wanting to work and study within life sciences, medicine and health care sectors. The programmes are designed for students who have been out of education for a while, are lacking formal qualifications or are looking to change careers. Birkbeck Undergraduate certificate programmes are all taught at first year undergraduate level, level 4 for students wanting to gain an award and provide excellent preparation for a wide range of BSC degrees and related professional training and careers.

The Cert HE Life Sciences in Subjects Allied to Medicine is also suitable for graduate students who wish to apply to Medicine, Dentistry or Veterinary degrees.

Courses are held in London and can be taken over 1-2 years.

Student feedback

These are some of the comments we have received from students studying with us:

"I was offered a place to study Pharmacy at all the Universities I applied for. Thank you. I got five offers and met them all."

"I'm around a month into my Pharmacy course at King's College London. Things are going well. The Cert HE was certainly very useful – I wouldn't have got a place without it."

"I have gone on to study Physiotherapy at St George's University of London which was my first choice. They gave me an unconditional offer."

"I went on to do a degree in Nutrition at King's College London."

"I got offers from UCL and King's College, and I decided to go to UCL, since this is the place to be for Neuroscience".

'The subjects I learned at Birkbeck were really helpful and contributed to build the background for what I am learning now, Petroleum Engineering. I'm making good progress and am really enjoying the degree.'

"I have been offered a place at the British School of Osteopathy and am now into my first year and thoroughly enjoying it".

Prestigious Qualifications

All certificates are evening based and studied to first year undergraduate standard.

Students gain access to fully equipped laboratories for biology and chemistry modules. In addition to the academic teaching, students are supported throughout their studies by experienced tutors enabling them to progress from pre A-level/beginners to under graduate level standard in Life Sciences. Many university admissions tutors refer their future applicants to Birkbeck first.

Contact the Life Sciences Programme Administrator quoting code LS249 at: lifesciences@bbk.ac.uk or telephone 020 7631 6623/6668.

How to apply

Interviews are taking place until mid-October 2016. To start a course in September 2016: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2016/undergraduate/subject/science/

For Media Contact:
Dr Paul King
Birkbeck, University of London,
Department of Biological Sciences,
Malet Street,
Bloomsbury London WC1E 7HX
0207 631 6623/6668
lifesciences@bbk.ac.uk
http://www.bbk.ac.uk

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Bloomsbury, London -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/03/2016 -- Birkbeck celebrates another record year of student achievement and top results and degree entry success on the undergraduate Cert HE programmes in Physics and Maths and Mathematical Studies.

Birkbeck Cert Physics and Maths and Mathematical Studies students have gone onto a number of degrees and institutions such as Kings College London, Birkbeck, City University, UCL, Brunel, Kingston, Hertfordshire, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway and Manchester and have gone onto a range of degree programmes including Mathematics, Computing, Engineering, Maths and Physics, Finance, Business Studies, Economics, Actuarial studies, Pure Maths, Accounting, Statistics, Computing Economics, Financial Economics and Engineering courses including Marine, Aero, Civil, Chemical and Mechanical, Physics and Astrophysics.

Birkbeck, University of London is a world class research and teaching institution,a vibrant centre of academic excellence and London's only specialist provider of evening higher education. We offer the Certificate in Higher Education in Physics and Mathematics and Mathematical Studies for students wanting to work and study within the Sciences, STEM Subjects and technology sectors. The programmes are designed for students who have been out of education for a while, are lacking formal qualifications or are looking to change careers. Birkbeck Undergraduate certificate programmes are all taught at first year undergraduate level, level 4 for students wanting to gain an award and provide excellent preparation for a wide range of BSC degrees and related professional training and careers.

Courses are held in London and can be taken over 1-2 years.

Student feedback

These are some of the comments we have received from students studying with us:

"I was accepted on the BSC in Actuarial Sciences at CASS (City University)"

"I applied to Nottingham University to do Computing and Artificial Intelligence and now start my Degree this October"

I am now studying Engineering with Management and Entrepreneurship at City University London.

I got an offer from City and Queen Mary (for a Science Engineering degree)

"I got five offers and met them all. I am currently studying MEng Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Birmingham".

"I deeply regret with the time I spent at different colleges before Birkbeck. I went to Kingston University after gaining my Certificate and am now studying for a BEng (Hons) in Aerospace Engineering, Astronautics and Space Technology and Aeronautic Engineering".

"I'm now a full time student at the University of Hertfordshire studying Aerospace Engineering. I had so many offers when I applied for Engineering courses, thanks to the course I did at Birkbeck".

"I am currently studying MEng Material Science and Engineering at the University of Birmingham".

"The subjects I learned in Physics and Mathematics at Birkbeck were really helpful and it contributed to build the background for what I am learning right now - Petroleum Engineering and I'm having good progress so far. I am really enjoying the degree".

"Birkbeck also helped me acclimatise to sustained academic pressure, with regular deadlines for coursework as well as with the need to prepare for exams and write essays. All these elements have been invaluable in preparing me for my current full time course".

Prestigious Qualifications

All certificates are evening based and studied to first year undergraduate standard.

Students gain access to fully equipped laboratories for Physics and mathematics modules. In addition to the academic teaching, students are supported through out their studies by experienced tutors enabling them to progress from pre A-level/beginners to undergraduate level standard in their studies. Many university admissions tutors refer their future applicants to Birkbeck first.

Contact the Physics and Mathematics Programme Administrator quoting code LS250 at: physicsmaths@bbk.ac.uk or telephone 020 7631 6665/6668.

How to apply:

Interviews are taking place until mid-October 2016. To start a course in September 2016: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/study/2016/undergraduate/subject/science/

For Media Contact:
Dr Paul King
Birkbeck, University of London,
Department of Biological Sciences,
Malet Street, Bloomsbury London WC1E 7HX
0207 631 6623/6668
physicsmaths@bbk.ac.uk
http://www.bbk.ac.uk

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Bloomsbury, London -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/30/2016 -- The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck celebrates the first year of the completion of the state of the art Petrology lab space, expansion of student learning opportunities and being rated number one for overall student satisfaction in the National student survey.

The new petrology laboratory in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is the latest addition to Birkbeck's teaching estate. The Petrology laboratory in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck is the first of its kind in the UK; it offers scientific apparatus, including a mineralogical microprobe, enabling staff and students to carry out elemental analyses of different geological samples in near real time. Teaching equipment includes 67 student stations, each equipped with its own state-of-the-art microscopes and touchscreen computers and the laboratory also has lecture capture technology.

The laboratory was constructed over the summer of 2015 and has state-of-the-art audio visual facilities, petrological microscopes and computers at each student station. The computers can receive switchable feeds from the lecturer's teaching microscope, the lecturer's computer, the lecturer's hand-specimen visualiser video feed, and from an electron microprobe located adjacent to the petrology laboratory. The lecture/presentation can be captured on high definition video. All video and audio material, including views of the classroom and lecturer, plus microprobe, hand-specimen visualiser and petrological microscope video feed can be streamed so that distance learners can participate.

In addition the ethos around the importance of distance learning is the launch of the new MSc Geochemistry. Birkbeck is the only university to offer advanced training in Geochemistry in depth via evening study and distance learning.

Students can choose to attend all programmes in central London or can also study by distance learning via the online learning environment. Distance learning students can access course materials and recordings of lectures wherever they are in the world - and whenever it suits them. Study on all programmes is supported by full video footage of lectures uploaded to the virtual learning platform and supported by extensive digital lecture notes. Live video feeds from classes taking place in the new Petrology lab are streamed to distance learning students in real time.

Professor Roberts, head of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, says: 'Many of our students already work in a field related to geology – for example mining or oil and gas – and travel regularly or are based in the field for long periods of time, which makes being able to access lectures online essential.'

About Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London is a world class research and teaching institution, a vibrant centre of academic excellence and London's only specialist provider of evening higher education. The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, is part of the highly rated joint UCL-Birkbeck Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences (IEPS) and students have access to a wide range of research resources and technical expertise. The department achieved an outstanding result in the Research Excellence framework 2014, remaining in the top 6 in the UK.

Contact Earth and Planetary Sciences Programme Administrator quoting code LS251 at: eps@bbk.ac.uk or telephone 020 7631 6665/0203 073 8032.

To start a course in October 2016: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/geology/

For Media Contact:
Steve Hirons
Birkbeck, University of London
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7HX
0207 631 6665/0203 073 8032
eps@bbk.ac.uk
http://www.bbk.ac.uk

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