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Generation °×С½ãÂÛ̳: 200 Years of Student Life in London
25 September 2023–08 December 2024, 9:00 am–5:30 pm
This exhibition at the Octagon Gallery, Wilkins Building, places students at the heart of its 200-year history. It also marks 130 years since the formation of what became Students’ Union °×С½ãÂÛ̳.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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Georgina Brewis, Director, Generation °×С½ãÂÛ̳: Two Hundred Years of Student Life in London
Location
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Octagon GalleryWilkins BuildingGower StreetLondonWC1E 6BT
Students are foundational to the story of °×С½ãÂÛ̳. Established in 1826 as the first university in England outside Oxford and Cambridge, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ opened up higher education to those who had previously been denied access. This included religious minorities, the middle classes, and later, women. Since the beginning, students have been free to invent their own traditions and forge a distinctive student culture in London.
Through this exhibition, we celebrate students' contribution to life at °×С½ãÂÛ̳ and in London.Â