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University of London
Overview
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree-awarding examination board for students holding certificates from University College London, King's College London, and "other such institutions, corporate or unincorporated, as shall be established for the purpose of Education, whether within the Metropolis or elsewhere within our United Kingdom". It is one of three institutions to have claimed the title of the third-oldest university in England. It moved to a federal structure with constituent colleges in 1900. It is now incorporated by its fourth (1863) royal charter and governed by the University of London Act 2018.
The university consists of 17 member institutions and three central academic bodies. It has around 48,000 distance learning external students and around 205,400 campus-based internal students, making it the largest university by number of students in the United Kingdom. For most practical purposes, ranging from admissions to funding, the member institutions operate on an independent basis, with many conferring their own degrees whilst remaining in the federal university.
Under the 2018 act, member institutions ceased to be termed colleges and gained the right to seek university status without having to leave the federal university: Birkbeck, City, Goldsmiths, King's College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Queen Mary, Royal Holloway, Royal Veterinary College, School of Oriental and African Studies, St George's, and University College London have all indicated that they intend to do so.
As of 2015, there are around 2 million University of London alumni across the world, including at least 14 monarchs or royalty, more than 60 presidents or prime ministers (including five prime ministers of the United Kingdom), 2 Cabinet Secretaries of the UK, 98 Nobel laureates, 5 Fields Medallists, 4 Turing Award winners, 6 Grammy winners, 2 Oscar winners, 3 Olympic gold medalists and the "Father of the Nation" of several countries. The university owns the University of London Press.
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What is called the unfunded debt of Great Britain, is contracted in the former of those two ways. It consists partly in a debt which bears, or is supposed to bear, no interest, and which resembles the debts that a private man contracts upon account; and partly in a debt which bears interest, and which resembles…
Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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From their parent's house, they may, with propriety and advantage, go out every day to attend public schools: but let their dwelling be always at home. Respect for you must always impose a very useful restraint upon their conduct; and respect for them may frequently impose no useless restraint upon your own. Surely no acquirement, which can possibly be derived from what is called a public education, can make any…
Adam Smith, The Essays of Adam Smith
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We will not sacrifice any one of our sides. They must all be part of the greatness which we claim. Make them all first-rate. Consider first the social and recreative sides. For heaven's sake don't think that you must be dull in order to be great. There is no finer test of a nation than the way in which it fashions its amusements. Three centuries ago after the Armada we made a good start in Southwark. Shakespeare had…
Alfred North Whitehead, The organisation of thought, educational and scientific
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Philosophers who discussed University of London
- Roger Scruton
- Albert Schweitzer
- Bernard Lonergan
- Antony Flew
- Alexander Bain (philosopher)
- Judith Butler
- Karl Popper
- Slavoj Žižek
- James Mill
- David Kalupahana
- Karl Mannheim
- Adam Smith
- B. R. Ambedkar
- A. C. Grayling
- Peter Winch
- Peter Marshall (travel writer)
- Damien Keown
- Noam Chomsky
- Roger Penrose
- Giorgio Agamben
- Paul Boghossian
- Alfred North Whitehead
- Thiruvalluvar
- John Passmore
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- Mahatma Gandhi
- B. R. Ambedkar
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Place in the tradition
Part of A. C. Grayling.