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Our professional recruitment service helps Birkbeck students, during and after their studies, to gain relevant work experience. Many of our students also work, volunteer or intern while they study, making them better placed to succeed in a competitive job market.</p> <p>Birkbeck is third among all non-Russell Group universities (a group of 24 leading universities in the UK) for the likelihood of its graduates earning over £30,000 a year, according to <a title="" href="https://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/new-analysis-confirms-birkbeck-graduate-earnings-among-the-highest-in-the-country" class="external-link" target="_self">data analysis from 2022 </a>.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" data-src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2WUmoJzoUBI?si=fThu5sOJVHBYS3UX" src="about:blank" class="lazy" data-cookiecontrol="cookieControlTargeting" title="How has your Birkbeck degree changed you?" width="560"></iframe></p> <h2>Our central London campus</h2> <p class="external-link" title=""><a title="Birkbeck Campus" href="https://www.bbk.ac.uk/student-life" class="internal-link" target="_self">Our campus</a> is located in the historic and thriving central London area of Bloomsbury - the intellectual and educational heart of the capital. If you study on campus with us, you'll have access to our on-campus student facilities including places to work and study, eat and network with members of  <a title="" href="https://www.bbk.ac.uk/about-us/being-a-member-of-the-birkbeck-community" class="external-link" target="_self">Birkbeck's diverse, committed and ambitious learning community</a>. Find out more about <a title="Student life at Birkbeck" href="https://www.bbk.ac.uk/prospective/student-life" class="external-link" target="_self">student life at Birkbeck.</a></p> <h2>A prestigious University of London degree</h2> <p>We're part of the <a class="external-link" href="https://www.london.ac.uk/about/who-we-are" target="_self" title="About the University of London">University of London</a>, a federation of world-leading London universities, including University College London (UCL), King's College London (KCL), the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). </p> <p>Many of the libraries within the University of London allow Birkbeck students access for reference purposes and borrowing for research students - find out what's offered by <span><a title="Using other University of London libraries" href="https://www.bbk.ac.uk/library/other-libraries" class="external-link" target="_self">other University of London libraries</a></span><a title="Accessing other University of London libraries" href="https://www.bbk.ac.uk/library/other-libraries" class="internal-link" target="_self">.</a></p> <h2>A vibrant learning environment</h2> <p>Birkbeck is one of the world's leading research universities with a vibrant, intellectually challenging <a title="" href="https://www.bbk.ac.uk/research/" class="external-link" target="_self">research culture</a>. 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