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Universities UK
- University of LondonThe University of London began in 1836 as an exam board that could award degrees but not teach.
- University of CambridgeCambridge University began when scholars fled Oxford after two of them were hanged. Many settled in Cambridge.
- University of OxfordKing Henry II barred his subjects from studying in Paris in 1167, and Oxford became a magnet.
- King's College LondonKing's College London was born from a duel. In 1829 the Prime Minister challenged an earl over a Catholic rights bill.
- Birkbeck, University of LondonTwo thousand people packed a London tavern in 1823 to found a college for working people.
- Middlesex UniversityIn 2010, Middlesex University announced it would close its Philosophy department.
- University of SouthamptonThe University of Southampton began with a sum of £103,000 that a man left behind when he died in 1850. Today it is a public research university in Southampton, England, and a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive…
- University College LondonIn 1975, King's College students stole Jeremy Bentham's embalmed head. UCL paid a ransom to charity to get it back.
- University of KentIn July 1974, part of a University of Kent building sank nearly a metre in about an hour.
- University of NottinghamThe University of Nottingham began in 1881 with one building and four professors.
- London School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics began at a breakfast table in 1894.
- Queen's University BelfastQueen's College, Belfast was founded to admit Catholics and Presbyterians shut out of higher education.
- University of WarwickBill Clinton chose the University of Warwick for his last major foreign policy address as US President.