University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham   (University)
Motto	Latin: Per Ardua Ad Alta
Formation	February 23, 1875
Headquarters	Birmingham,  England
Type	Public
Sponsored by	Carnegie Corporation
University located in Birmingham, England

The University of Birmingham is a public research university located in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

It is a research institution, with over 19,000 undergraduate students and over 11,000 graduate students. It is a founding member of the Russell Group university group, and of the global university research group Universitas 21.

History

Founded on February 23, 1875 by the Birmingham industrialist Josiah Mason, Mason Science College marked the beginning of higher education and teaching in Birmingham and was to become part of the newly founded University of Birmingham 25 years later. However, it was Joseph Chamberlain's passionate commitment to what was, from the point of view of the time and in comparison to traditional English universities, a more progressive and liberal educational policy that was actually significant for its creation. The university still relies on this entrepreneurial spirit today.

 

Sponsor

Event	Description
Carnegie Corporation	Established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911, with large grants especially to form the education sector. Lots of grants to "security" think tanks too.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Valerie Amos	13 March 1954			Politician	British Labour politician
Hilary Armstrong	30 November 1945			Politician	UK MP
Luciana Berger	13 May 1981			Politician	Former Labour MP Liverpool Wavertree, former Chair of Labour Friends of Israel. After parliament started working for PR-company Edelman.
Kevin Bonavia				Politician Lawyer	Future Labour MP?
Neville Chamberlain	18 March 1869	9 November 1940	UK	Politician	UK PM 1937-1940
Ellie Chowns	7 March 1975			Politician
Nick Cull	1964		UK	Propagandist Academic	Propaganda expert mentioned in the II leak as "a terrific Brit out at USC Annenberg"
David Kelly	14 May 1944	17 July 2003	UK	Whistleblower Spook Bioweapons developer	Dr David Kelly, a biological weapons expert who died in highly suspicious circumstances
Martin Landray	1968		UK	Epidemiologist Big pharma/Lobbyist	UK epidemiologist working for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation who used potentially deadly dose in trial of COVID-drug hydroxychloroquine.
Mohammad Marandi	1966			Author Academic Broadcaster	Iranian American academic
Raimonda Murmokaitė	17 July 1959		Lithuania	Diplomat	Lithuanian diplomat who was President of the United Nations Security Council in February 2014 and May 2015, and Chairman of the UNSC's Counter-Terrorism Committee 2014-2015.
João de Deus Pinheiro	11 July 1945		Portugal	Politician	Portuguese politician who attended Bilderberg/1990 as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Later European Commissioner.
Mark Pyman			UK	Propagandist	Institute for Statecraft specialist in "anti-corruption"
Bill de Ropp	7 December 1886	1973	UK	Spook	British spook involved in dealings with Nazi Germany before and during the Second World War.
Phil Shiner	25 December 1956		UK	Academic Lawyer
Ruth Smeeth	29 June 1979			Politician Propagandist	Israel lobby spin doctor married to Chair of the BAP
Zarah Sultana	31 October 1993			Politician	Co-leader with Jeremy Corbyn for the founding of a new political party of the left (as yet unnamed)
Yanis Varoufakis	24 March 1961			Politician	Greek politician and later Minister of Finance. In the last role played a much publicized campaign against the selling of Greek (state) companies during the Greece/Debt crisis.
Brian Whitaker	1947		UK	Journalist	Guardian journalist with an interest in Bellingcat
Ann Widdecombe	4 October 1947		UK
Hossein Yassaie
Faik Öztrak	26 March 1954		Turkey	Politician	Turkish politician identifying with the West

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