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Universities UK
- University of LondonThe University of London received its first royal charter on the 28th of November 1836. This document established a degree-awarding examination board rather…
- University of CambridgeIn 1209, a group of scholars left the University of Oxford and arrived in Cambridge. This migration followed a violent dispute where local town authorities…
- University of OxfordTeaching at the University of Oxford existed in some form as early as 1096. This date marks the earliest known evidence of instruction, making it the oldest…
- King's College LondonKing's College London received its royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington.
- Birkbeck, University of LondonOn the 11th of November 1823, a crowd of two thousand people gathered at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand. They listened as Dr.
- Middlesex UniversityIn 1878, a small building in Tottenham opened its doors to welcome the first female students of St Katharine's College. This institution began as a teacher…
- University of SouthamptonOn the 15th of October 1862, Prime Minister Lord Palmerston opened the Hartley Institute in a ceremony that exceeded any civic occasion the town had ever…
- University College LondonOn the 11th of February 1826, a group of radical thinkers established London University without any legal power to grant degrees.
- University of KentThe year 1947 marked the first serious consideration of a university in Canterbury. Local residents and officials recognized that student numbers were…
- University of NottinghamThe foundation stone of University College Nottingham was laid in 1877 by the former Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone.
- London School of EconomicsOn the 4th of August 1894, a breakfast meeting took place between Sidney Webb, Beatrice Webb, Louis Flood and George Bernard Shaw.
- Queen's University BelfastThe Queen's University of Belfast received its royal charter on the 30th of December 1845. This document established it as Queen's College, Belfast alongside…
- University of WarwickThe idea for a university in Warwickshire first emerged shortly after World War II, though it took two decades to become reality.