Middlesex University
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Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries
of Middlesex
from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities
and is a member of Million+ working group. As is the case with many former polytechnics
, Middlesex was formally organised as a teaching institution relatively recently (in 1973), yet can trace its history back to 19th century.
Since 2000, Middlesex University has been reducing the number of campuses dotted around London’s North Circular Road
in an efford to cut inefficiencies by consolidating much of the university's teaching, learning and research at the flagship campus in Hendon
.. Its new estate strategy which has already cost £
150 million will eventually concentrate the university on three sites in north London.
In 2005 the university began rationalising its schools to focus on its strengths in business
, computing
and the arts
.
. Perhaps the most prominent and one of the oldest of its constituent establishments is the Hornsey College of Art
, founded in 1882. Other institutions include Ponders End Technical Institute (founded in 1901) and Hendon Technical Institute (founded in 1939). All three institutions were successfully amalgamated to form Middlesex Polytechnic in January 1973. Before becoming a university in 1992
, Middlesex expanded further by joining three more colleges in north London. While continuing to grow through mergers with other educational institutions in the 1990s, the University has also begun developing its international presence, by opening its regional offices in continental Europe
. As of July 2011, it has been operating 21 such offices across the globe. Since 2000, the university launched a major restructuring
programme, which, specifically, translated into a total image rebrand
in 2003, the closure of a number of campuses over 2005–2011, the expansion of other campuses and generally the consolidation of the university's activities on fewer, bigger campuses in north London.
Timeline
Since 2004, the University has also been operating an overseas campus in Dubai and opened another one in Mauritius in October 2009.
, a short walk from Hendon Central Tube station. Today's main (or college) building was built in the neo-Georgian style by H.W. Burchett and opened in 1939 as part of Hendon Technical Institute (a/k/a Hendon College of Technology). The college was extended in 1955 and in 1969 when a new refectory and engineering block (the Williams Building) were added. The main building has been refurbished in a £40 million project, which included the addition of a glass covered central court yard forming Ricketts Quadrangle
. In 2004 The new Learning Resource Centre, The Sheppard Library opened on the site. Hendon also has a sports club, known as The Fitness Pod for students and staff which has one of the few real tennis courts
in the UK. Middlesex University Business School, Engineering & Information Sciences School and the bulk of the School of Health and Social Science are located in Hendon.
The campus in Hendon is expanding dramatically over the next five to ten years using a number of London Borough of Barnet
office buildings including the current Town Hall in The Burroughs
as well as the construction of new buildings including a new state of the art Science Building which opened in September 2008. The research centres for biomedical science, crime and conflict, and risk and environmental sciences are based here.
The University aims to achieve the consolidation of nearly all its London based teaching at Hendon.
In 2011 the University opened a new building for art and design courses, featuring dedicated workshops and classrooms as well as exhibition areas.
Subject focus: Business – accounting and finance, economics, human resource management, law and marketing; Computing – business information systems, computer networking and computer communications; Health and social sciences – criminology, politics, psychology, social work, sociology, world development studies, and complementary health. Also biomedical and biological sciences, nursing, sport sciences, public health and risk management.
, which was originally a fourteenth-century hunting ground of Henry IV
. The focus of the campus is a palatial mansion, designed by Sir William Chambers in the 18th century. After the Second World War, the Ministry of Education
used the house as an emergency teacher training centre, which became a residential teacher training college, called Trent Park College of Education in 1951. In 1974 the college was incorporated into Middlesex Polytechnic.
Around 16% of Middlesex students are based at Trent Park campus. University’s Summer School, which accounts for ca. 2% of Middlesex students, also takes place here.
The University had ambitious plans to redevelop the site, but they were twice rejected by Enfield
Council on environmental concerns. In 2011, the University announced the closure of Trent Park campus, with relocation of its courses to Hendon in 2012.
Subject focus: Dance, drama and performing arts, English language and literature, media, culture and communication, music, theatre arts, languages and translation studies, product design, Teaching and education. It is also home to the Flood Hazard Research Centre
, which moved here when Enfield campus closed in July 2008.
Archway and Hospitals campus is primarily the domain of the School of Health and Social Sciences. It operates from four sites (hospitals): Royal Free Hospital
, Whittington Hospital (jointly owned with UCL), Chase Farm
and North Middlesex
.
On 24 January 2007 Middlesex University inaugurated a new Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Mental
Health and Social Work based at Archway campus. CETL status was bestowed on the Mental Health and Social Work Academic Group at Middlesex University in partnership with the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
in 2005. Consequently, the Centre was awarded a capital grant of £1.4 million along with an annual revenue of £350,000 for five years, representing one of the largest ever funding initiatives by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
(HEFCE). This funding has therefore enabled the University to establish new teaching facilities at its Archway campus with the aim of creating an academic community of mental health and social work practitioners, students and faculty in one location.
Subject focus: Nursing, midwifery, complementary health, sport science and social work.
, a free economic zone. It is a joint venture between Middlesex University and Middlesex Associates, a business consortium in Dubai. The campus is spread over nearly 50000 sq ft (4,645.2 m²) and is the first Middlesex campus outside North London. The first programmes – mostly, in Business Studies – were offered to students from January 2005.
The campus is licensed by Dubai Knowledge and Human Authority (KHDA), and all of its progammes are individually approved by the KHDA. In August 2009 KHDA’s University Quality Assurance International Board (UQAIB) commended quality of university's programmes.
Currently Middlesex University Dubai offers 24 undergraduate and 7 postgraduate programmes, as well as pre-undergraduate studies. All four of University's schools (Arts and Education, Business School, Engineering and Information Sciences and Health and Social Sciences) offer courses in Dubai campus. All degrees are issued by Middlesex University, UK. In 2008 Middlesex University Dubai awarded its first honorary doctorate to His Excellency Sultan Bin Sulayem
. The number of graduates has grown from just 8 in 2006 to over 200 in 2009, while the alumni network has exceeded 1,000 in 2010. As of February, 2011 Dubai campus had over 1,700 students from nearly 90 nationalities. In 2010 the campus expanded its facilities to include Block 17, which will house a state-of-the-art lecture theatre, several new classrooms and faculty offices as well as the first dedicated postgraduate study suite.
In an interview with Khaleej Times
, Professor Raed Awamleh, Dubai campus director, said that the University is aiming to start a whole set of programmes in 2012. They will include health and fitness, risk management, logistics, law, environmental sustainability and occupational health and safety. Professor Awamleh also mentioned a distant possibility of relocating to Dubai International Academic City
.
Subject focus: Accountancy, business administration, psychology, communication and media, computing science, tourism, human resource management, information technology, hospitality management, publishing and professional short courses.
Middlesex University's partner in Mauritian campus is JSS Mahavidyapeetha (JSSMVP). Established for 50 years, JSSMVP is the largest and one of the top private educational institutions in India running over 300 institutions in India, Mauritius and Dubai.
The University welcomed the first students from Mauritius and the surrounding region in January 2010. As of today six undergraduate programmes have been accredited by the Tertiary Education Commission in Mauritius.
of New Delhi, India. In March, 2011 it was confirmed that the University will launch a new study centre in India in October. The centre will offer two-year business and IT programmes and is expected to increase Middlesex's total student body by 30 per cent. There are also plans to forge new partnerships with A. R. Rahman's
KM Music Conservatory
in Chennai
and a specialist creative arts centre in Southern Delhi.
in March 2011, said that the university already has plans to open a future campus in China.
, University of London
, for whose degrees it taught. The name change was a result of the 1964 union of St Katharine's with Berridge House, Hampstead
, on the Tottenham site. The college expanded in the 1960s, although much of the campus retained its Victorian architecture. After the closer of the college and the union with Middlesex Polytechnic, the 'All Saints' campus was home to humanities and cultural studies, business studies, law, sociology and women's studies, all of which have been moved to other campuses. The buildings, previously occupied by Middlesex University, were eventually demolished and the site is now the home of the newly built Haringey Sixth Form Centre. The College of All Saints Foundation continues as the All Saints Educational Trust.
.
. In 1901, Joseph Wilson Swan bought a house in Ponders End
High Street that became the Ediswan Institute. Four years later Ediswan Institute was bought by Middlesex County Council and became the Ponders End Technical Institute. By 1937 The Ponders End Technical Institute was growing so rapidly that it was decided to build a new college across the road, in Queensway. Due to the Second World War, it was not completed until 1953, but the unfinished buildings were in use throughout the war. By now it was called Enfield Technical College, but in 1962 it was renamed Enfield College of Technology by the Ministry of Education
. In 1973 the college formed part of Middlesex Polytechnic.
There are four major building on campus: Broadbent, Roberts building (or Tower Block), McCrae and Pascal. They are named after people who helped to create it.
BROADBENT: The main building of Enfield Campus is named after Henry Winterbottom Broadbent, a Mechanical Engineer who was appointed first Principal of Enfield Technical College in January 1941.
ROBERTS BUILDING: The Tower Block was named after a local industrialist George A. Roberts, who was chair of Enfield College's Governing Body from 1949 to 1968.
MCCRAE: The McCrae Building was the first extension to Enfield Technical College. Built in 1955, it was later named after Roderick McCrae, who was the Principal from 1955 to 1962.
PASCAL: The Pascal Building is named after Eric Pascal who was Education Officer of the Borough of Enfield from before 1942 until 1945 or later, and clerk to the Governors of Enfield College from 1949 to 1965.
The campus was closed in July 2008, and the majority of departments located here moved to the extended Hendon campus and some to the Archway Campus shared with UCL.
Cat Hill Campus was located in Cockfosters
. It was originally the illustrious Hornsey College of Art, founded in 1880. In the late 1970s the campus was extended to become the Faculty of Art & Design of the then Middlesex Polytechnic. Today, art and design, cinematics and electronic arts are located at Cat Hill. The campus also houses the University's Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
(MoDA) and formerly housed the national Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive until it relocated to the Bishopsgate Institute
in central London. Cat Hill campus is also home the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts
(named after John Lansdown
), which runs a variety of graduate and undergraduate degrees in interactive media and electronic arts.
Subject focus: Art & Design, fashion, textiles, fine art, graphics and media arts.
., before abandoning accreditation in 2010.
The university also runs a small business school in Quarry Bay
, Hong Kong, offering two courses from Middlesex University in London.Since August 2011 they have been working with the Austrian "KMU Akademie" to offer German.
awarded Middlesex University with a major grant of almost £8 million to support employer engagement. The funding allowed the University to establish Middlesex University Organisational Development Network (or MODNet), a centre of a national network of expertise in work-based learning. Essentially, MODNet offers learning and development programmes co-designed with employers and acts as a ‘one-stop shop’, able to respond to all employer training needs, drawing on partner expertise where appropriate.
Today Middlesex University runs Work Based Learning Centres in Athens
, Ireland, Hong Kong and Malaysia and has received Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its role in integrating formal education and employment.
' 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
(or RAE) found that over three-quarters (77%) of Middlesex's research submitted for the RAE to be internationally recognised in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
Particularly well-known is the pioneering work of the Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC), an interdisciplinary centre based in the School of Health and Social Sciences, which was recently named as one of the top 100 discoveries and developments at a UK university. FHRC has been active since the early 1970s and therefore comprises one of the oldest research centres in the world focusing on water, environmental management and natural hazards.
In 2011 Middlesex University research project on age diversity was selected for inclusion into the Big Ideas for the Future report. The report, which is being jointly published by Research Councils UK
(RCUK) and Universities UK
, pulls together the leading research projects currently taking place across UK universities. The report is narrated and backed by high-profile celebrities such as Professor Lord Robert Winston
, Dr Alice Roberts
and Professor Iain Stewart.
. The University also has student exchange links with over 100 different universities in more than 22 different countries across Europe, the United States, and the world.
Until recently the number of students at Middlesex University has been declining fast, hitting a four-year low of 21,350 in the academic year of 2008–2009. The number of PG students fell 20% in four years (from over 6,000 graduates in 2005 to less than 5,000 in 2009), while the number of non-EU students were down by a third over the same period. In the last academic year of 2009–2010, however, the number of students across all categories increased sharply (see table below).
In 2010 Middlesex had one of the biggest increases in applications at any university – more than 30% – but the demand for places had still grown by another 11% at the start of 2011.
This situation has arisen due to a dispute over a £300,000 debt owed by MUSU to the University.
MUSU has four sabbatical officers, each with a specific portfolio, and who also represent the students on their base campus. MUSU runs a number of student lead entertainment and communication activities under the name of MUD (Middlesex University Direct). This includes a radio station (MUD Radio) and a student magazine (MUD Magazine), which is published six times a year and is available to students for free.
In 1981 Union president Nick Harvey
joined protests outside Rochester Row police station after six Irish students were detained without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. That year student John Kennedy stood in the Crosby
by-election
to highlight the case of seven students suspended from the Polytechnic after a sit-in protest demanding nursery facilities.
In May 2001 Middlesex University appointed C Eye, a branding consultancy, to design a new logo for the University. In 2003 the previous "M" logo was replaced with a new red-coloured wavy line that is supposed to express a flexible and responsive approach to the needs of students.
Following the review of the sustainability of its academic programmes, the university implemented a string of cost-containment adjustments over 2005–2006. Specifically, in late 2005 it decided to stop offering history courses in an attempt to reduce £10 million deficit that had built up. The decision, however, was met with considerable hostility from Middlesex's student union as well as from The National Union of Students. In other moves to save costs, the university made 175 voluntary redundancies, including 33 academic staff, a measure that was supposed to save £5 million.
Since 2000 Middlesex embarked on a new strategy to achieve ‘fewer, better campuses’ in order to reduce costs and improve the long-term sustainability of the University. The strategy translated into the disposal of several small uneconomic arts campuses in Bedford, Hampstead and Wood Green
and larger, but still uneconomic and unattractive campuses at Bounds Green
, Enfield and Tottenham. The University has also closed the Corporate Services building at the North London Business Park
and consolidated most of the functions carried out on these sites at Hendon, where it aims to accommodate nearly all its London based teaching.
In 2010, Middlesex announced the closure of its Philosophy department. The move was taken because the department was judged by the University to be not financially sustainable. This was despite the fact that Philosophy had been the highest ranking department in the University's latest Research Assessment Exercise
(RAE) in 2008, building on its grade of 5 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. An international campaign of support was quickly organised, with figures such as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
, Jean-Luc Nancy
, Slavoj Žižek
, Étienne Balibar
, David Harvey
, Isabelle Stengers
and many others expressing their strong disapproval. Articles condemning the decision appeared in the national press and students protested actively on campus and elsewhere for the restitution of the department. In early June 2010 it was announced that the department's postgraduate component, the CRMEP, was to be transferred to Kingston University but the undergraduate programme still to be phased out.
three times and has twice received Queen's Award for Enterprise (for its international work).
A team of auditors from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
(QAA) visited
Middlesex from 30 March to 3 April 2009 to carry out an Institutional audit. Its resulting report said auditors had confidence in the University's current and likely future management of its academic standards and of the learning opportunities available to students. There was also praise for the 'meticulous attention' given to the establishment, development and integration of the University's Dubai campus. Middlesex also received QAA praise for its initiatives to improve student progression and achievement and the 'distinctive contribution' of the University's Work Based Learning programmes.
In 2006, the University was ranked second in a re-assessment of teaching quality in all English universities. The Times Higher Education Supplement of 17 November 2006 reported on how the scores for each university, as marked by the Quality Assurance Agency, had been “adjusted to remove the link with research” and form a league table which had post-1992 universities performing strongly.
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) ranks Middlesex University Business School among the top 20 international business schools in the world, ahead of Oxford and Cambridge.
Middlesex University Business School is also rated as a "centre of excellence" by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
(CIPD), the first university in the UK to offer courses accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
The University is home to two HEFCE 'Centres for Excellence in Learning and Teaching' – one in Work Based Learning – one in Mental Health and Social Work.
(or NSS) increased from 69% in 2008/09 to 78% in 2009/10.
In The Guardian
's University Guide 2012, Middlesex scored 52.2 out of 100, which placed it 75th out of 119 universities ranked – up 38 positions from 2011 ranking.
The Independent
newspaper league table 2012 ranked Middlesex 71st out of 116 universities. The standing reflected an increase by 21 positions from the 2011 league table, when Middlesex was ranked 97th out of 115 universities.
Middlesex's standing in 2012, according to The Times, was upgraded by 13 positions from the year before.
In January 2011 Webometrics Ranking
Middlesex made it into top 1,000 – taking 916th place out of 12,000 universities.
The Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2010 ranked Middlesex 111th out of 113 universities, reflecting a decline of 10 places from its position of 101st on the previous year. The Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey gathers the views of undergraduates themselves on factors ranging from quality of teaching, security and facilities, to relationships with teaching staff, workload and social life on campus.
* – data not available
2011 table, which lists universities in the UK in order of their environmental and ethical performance, Middlesex ranked 111th out of 142 universities and achieved a third class award. The standing is an improvement on last year’s position at 129 out of 133 universities.
that allows former students to maintain contact with the University after graduation. Additionally, it offers various discounts and benefits to its members, as well as organizing reunions and social events.
Visiting Professors
Visiting Professors
Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of England established for administration by the Normans and in most cases based on earlier Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and shires...
of Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities
New Universities
The term new universities has been used informally to refer to several different waves of new universities created or renamed as such in the United Kingdom. As early as 1928, the term was used to describe the then-new civic universities, such as Bristol University and the other "red brick...
and is a member of Million+ working group. As is the case with many former polytechnics
Polytechnic (United Kingdom)
A polytechnic was a type of tertiary education teaching institution in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. After the passage of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 they became universities which meant they could award their own degrees. The comparable institutions in Scotland were...
, Middlesex was formally organised as a teaching institution relatively recently (in 1973), yet can trace its history back to 19th century.
Since 2000, Middlesex University has been reducing the number of campuses dotted around London’s North Circular Road
A406 road
The A406 or the North Circular Road is a road which crosses North London, UK, linking West and East London. It, together with the South Circular Road, forms a ring road through the inner part of Outer London...
in an efford to cut inefficiencies by consolidating much of the university's teaching, learning and research at the flagship campus in Hendon
Hendon
Hendon is a London suburb situated northwest of Charing Cross.-History:Hendon was historically a civil parish in the county of Middlesex. The manor is described in Domesday , but the name, 'Hendun' meaning 'at the highest hill', is earlier...
.. Its new estate strategy which has already cost £
Pound sterling
The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence...
150 million will eventually concentrate the university on three sites in north London.
In 2005 the university began rationalising its schools to focus on its strengths in business
Business studies
Business studies is an academic subject taught at higher level in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, as well as at university level in many countries...
, computing
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
and the arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
.
History
Middlesex University essentially grew out of merger between different schools and colleges in North LondonNorth London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
. Perhaps the most prominent and one of the oldest of its constituent establishments is the Hornsey College of Art
Hornsey College of Art
Hornsey College of Art is a former college centred in Crouch End, London, England. Since 2008, the building has been a part of Coleridge Primary School, upon its expansion to four form entry...
, founded in 1882. Other institutions include Ponders End Technical Institute (founded in 1901) and Hendon Technical Institute (founded in 1939). All three institutions were successfully amalgamated to form Middlesex Polytechnic in January 1973. Before becoming a university in 1992
Further and Higher Education Act 1992
The Further and Higher Education Acts 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within the United Kingdom. The most visible result was to allow thirty-five polytechnics to become universities. In addition the Act created bodies to fund higher...
, Middlesex expanded further by joining three more colleges in north London. While continuing to grow through mergers with other educational institutions in the 1990s, the University has also begun developing its international presence, by opening its regional offices in continental Europe
Continental Europe
Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent, is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding European islands....
. As of July 2011, it has been operating 21 such offices across the globe. Since 2000, the university launched a major restructuring
Restructuring
Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs...
programme, which, specifically, translated into a total image rebrand
Rebranding
Rebranding is the creation of a new name, term, symbol, design, or a combination of them for an established brand with the intention of developing a differentiated position in the mind of stakeholders and competitors....
in 2003, the closure of a number of campuses over 2005–2011, the expansion of other campuses and generally the consolidation of the university's activities on fewer, bigger campuses in north London.
Timeline
- 1878 – St Katherine's College opens in Tottenham
- 1882 – Hornsey College of ArtHornsey College of ArtHornsey College of Art is a former college centred in Crouch End, London, England. Since 2008, the building has been a part of Coleridge Primary School, upon its expansion to four form entry...
founded - 1901 – Ponders End Technical Institute begins
- 1939 – Hendon Technical Institute opens
- 1947 – Trent Park College of Education opens
- 1962 – New College of Speech and Drama opens
- 1964 – St Katherine's College unites with Berridge House to form The College of All Saints
- 1973 – Middlesex Polytechnic formed
- 1974 – Trent Park College of Education and New College of Speech and Drama join Middlesex Polytechnic
- 1978 – The College of All Saints at Tottenham joins Middlesex Polytechnic
- 1992 – Middlesex University formed; Baroness Platt of Writtle becomes the first Chancellor of the University; First overseas regional office opens in Kuala LumpurKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
- 1994 – The London College of Dance becomes part of Middlesex University
- 1995 – North London College of Health becomes part of Middlesex University; Regional offices open in Europe
- 1996 – Michael Driscoll becomes the Vice-Chancellor; Middlesex receives its first Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further EducationQueen's Anniversary PrizeThe Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education is a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to Universities and Colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom...
- 1998 – Whittington HospitalWhittington HospitalThe Whittington Hospital is a British hospital in Archway, Islington, London. It is named after Richard Whittington.It is a district general hospital, although it is also a teaching hospital of the UCL Medical School and Middlesex University School of Health and Social Sciences.- History :Although...
is jointly purchased with University College LondonUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
(UCL) from National Health ServiceNational Health Service (England)The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...
(NHS); Queen's Anniversary Prize awarded for the second time; - 1999 – Middlesex achieves Investors in PeopleInvestors in PeopleLaunched in 1991 Investors in People is a business improvement tool administered by UK Commission for Employment and Skills and supported by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ....
status - 2000 – Lord Sheppard of DidgemereAllen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of DidgemereAllen John George Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere KCVO is an industrialist.He was educated at Ilford County High School and the London School of Economics....
becomes Chancellor; Museum of Domestic Design and ArchitectureMuseum of Domestic Design and ArchitectureThe Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture is a museum in North London, England, housing one of the most comprehensive collections of 19th- and 20th-century decorative arts for the home....
on the Cat Hill campus opens to the public; Middlesex awarded third Queen's Anniversary Prize; Hendon campus redevelopment begins - 2003 – Rebranding initiated in 2001 is completed with the approval of new university logo; Bounds Green campus closes; Queen's Award for EnterpriseQueen's Awards for EnterpriseThe Queen's Awards for Enterprise is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. They are the highest official UK awards for British businesses...
received - 2004 – London Sport Institute established within the School of Health and Social Sciences
- 2005 – First overseas campus opens in DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
(U.A.E.); Tottenham campus closes with most programmes transferred to Trent Park campusTrent ParkTrent Park is a country park, formerly the grounds of a mansion house which currently forms the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University in the north of London, United Kingdom... - 2007 – Middlesex Media programmes awarded Skillset Media Academy status by the Government Department for Innovation, Universities and SkillsDepartment for Innovation, Universities and SkillsThe Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills was a UK government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the Department of Education and Skills and of the Department of Trade and Industry. In June 2009 it was merged into the newly formed Department for...
- 2008 – Enfield campus closes in summer – programmes, students and staff relocate to Hendon
- 2009 – Second overseas campus opens in MauritiusMauritiusMauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
- 2010 – Philosophy research centre and postgraduate programmes relocate to Kingston UniversityKingston UniversityKingston University is a public research university located in Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, United Kingdom. It was originally founded in 1899 as Kingston Technical Institute, a polytechnic, and became a university in 1992....
after a decision to close taught programmes and subsequent campaign to save them - 2011 – The University is presented with the second Queen’s Award for Enterprise; announces it will charge £9,000 a year in tuition fees – maximum allowed under new government legislation; Cat Hill campus closes in May - programmes, students and staff relocate to Trent Park, replacing bulk of programmes from Trent Park which relocate to Hendon. Voluntary and compulsory redundancies (approx. 200) made to make £10 million of savings from budget in response to major shortfalls.
Campuses
The University is spread across four sites: Hendon, Archway, Cat Hill and Trent Park. Together they form three campuses, (Cat Hill and Trent Park are incorporated into one campus because of close proximity to each other). All campuses are located in North London and each specializes in a specific area of study. Each campus has quite a distinct character and some of the campuses are important architecturally, especially Trent Park. Over the past five years the University has been consolidating many of its activities onto the Hendon campus. As a result, some older campuses – notably Tottenham and Enfield – were closed in 2005 and 2008 respectively, while Hendon received substantial investment in facilities and infrastructure to accommodate new students and programmes.Since 2004, the University has also been operating an overseas campus in Dubai and opened another one in Mauritius in October 2009.
Hendon
Hendon is the university's busiest campus. It is set in a prime location of North West LondonNorth West London
North West London may refer to:*NW postcode area*Western part of North London...
, a short walk from Hendon Central Tube station. Today's main (or college) building was built in the neo-Georgian style by H.W. Burchett and opened in 1939 as part of Hendon Technical Institute (a/k/a Hendon College of Technology). The college was extended in 1955 and in 1969 when a new refectory and engineering block (the Williams Building) were added. The main building has been refurbished in a £40 million project, which included the addition of a glass covered central court yard forming Ricketts Quadrangle
Quadrangle (architecture)
In architecture, a quadrangle is a space or courtyard, usually rectangular in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. The word is probably most closely associated with college or university campus architecture, but quadrangles may be found in other...
. In 2004 The new Learning Resource Centre, The Sheppard Library opened on the site. Hendon also has a sports club, known as The Fitness Pod for students and staff which has one of the few real tennis courts
Real tennis
Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original indoor racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis , is descended...
in the UK. Middlesex University Business School, Engineering & Information Sciences School and the bulk of the School of Health and Social Science are located in Hendon.
The campus in Hendon is expanding dramatically over the next five to ten years using a number of London Borough of Barnet
London Borough of Barnet
The London Borough of Barnet is a London borough in North London and forms part of Outer London. It has a population of 331,500 and covers . It borders Hertfordshire to the north and five other London boroughs: Harrow and Brent to the west, Camden and Haringey to the south-east and Enfield to the...
office buildings including the current Town Hall in The Burroughs
The Burroughs
The Burroughs is a place in Hendon, and a civic district of London Borough of Barnet. It is centred on the road of the same name where Hendon Town Hall is located.-History:It was a distinct hamlet until the 1890s, as can be seen on this of 1873...
as well as the construction of new buildings including a new state of the art Science Building which opened in September 2008. The research centres for biomedical science, crime and conflict, and risk and environmental sciences are based here.
The University aims to achieve the consolidation of nearly all its London based teaching at Hendon.
In 2011 the University opened a new building for art and design courses, featuring dedicated workshops and classrooms as well as exhibition areas.
Subject focus: Business – accounting and finance, economics, human resource management, law and marketing; Computing – business information systems, computer networking and computer communications; Health and social sciences – criminology, politics, psychology, social work, sociology, world development studies, and complementary health. Also biomedical and biological sciences, nursing, sport sciences, public health and risk management.
Trent Park
Trent Park campus is set within a 413 acres (1.7 km²) country parkCountry park
A country park is an area designated for people to visit and enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.-History:In the United Kingdom the term 'Country Park' has a special meaning. There are over 400 Country Parks in England alone . Most Country Parks were designated in the 1970s, under the...
, which was originally a fourteenth-century hunting ground of Henry IV
Henry IV of England
Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . He was the ninth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke...
. The focus of the campus is a palatial mansion, designed by Sir William Chambers in the 18th century. After the Second World War, the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)
The administration of education policy in the United Kingdom began in the 19th century. Official mandation of education began with the Elementary Education Act 1870 for England and Wales, and the Education Act 1872 for Scotland...
used the house as an emergency teacher training centre, which became a residential teacher training college, called Trent Park College of Education in 1951. In 1974 the college was incorporated into Middlesex Polytechnic.
Around 16% of Middlesex students are based at Trent Park campus. University’s Summer School, which accounts for ca. 2% of Middlesex students, also takes place here.
The University had ambitious plans to redevelop the site, but they were twice rejected by Enfield
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...
Council on environmental concerns. In 2011, the University announced the closure of Trent Park campus, with relocation of its courses to Hendon in 2012.
Subject focus: Dance, drama and performing arts, English language and literature, media, culture and communication, music, theatre arts, languages and translation studies, product design, Teaching and education. It is also home to the Flood Hazard Research Centre
Flood
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water...
, which moved here when Enfield campus closed in July 2008.
Archway and Hospitals
Royal Free Hospital
The Royal Free Hospital is a major teaching hospital in Hampstead, London, England and part of the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust....
, Whittington Hospital (jointly owned with UCL), Chase Farm
Chase Farm Hospital
Chase Farm Hospital is a hospital in Enfield, north London, run by Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Hospitals Trust as part of the British National Health Service.The oldest part of the hospital was formerly part of a children's home...
and North Middlesex
North Middlesex Hospital
The North Middlesex University Hospital, known locally as North Mid, is a District General Hospital in Edmonton, in the London Borough of Enfield, within the area served by the Enfield Primary Care NHS Trust.- History :...
.
On 24 January 2007 Middlesex University inaugurated a new Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Mental
Health and Social Work based at Archway campus. CETL status was bestowed on the Mental Health and Social Work Academic Group at Middlesex University in partnership with the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
Sainsbury family
The Sainsbury family founded Sainsbury's, the UK's third largest supermarket chain...
in 2005. Consequently, the Centre was awarded a capital grant of £1.4 million along with an annual revenue of £350,000 for five years, representing one of the largest ever funding initiatives by the Higher Education Funding Council for England
Higher Education Funding Council for England
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the United Kingdom, which has been responsible for the distribution of funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since...
(HEFCE). This funding has therefore enabled the University to establish new teaching facilities at its Archway campus with the aim of creating an academic community of mental health and social work practitioners, students and faculty in one location.
Subject focus: Nursing, midwifery, complementary health, sport science and social work.
Dubai
In 2004, Middlesex University opened its campus in Dubai, U.A.E., situated at Dubai Knowledge VillageDubai Knowledge Village
Dubai Knowledge Village is a educational free trade zone campus in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, that provides facilities for training and learning institutions to operate with 100% foreign ownership. There are over 400 institutions operating within it, which include universities,...
, a free economic zone. It is a joint venture between Middlesex University and Middlesex Associates, a business consortium in Dubai. The campus is spread over nearly 50000 sq ft (4,645.2 m²) and is the first Middlesex campus outside North London. The first programmes – mostly, in Business Studies – were offered to students from January 2005.
The campus is licensed by Dubai Knowledge and Human Authority (KHDA), and all of its progammes are individually approved by the KHDA. In August 2009 KHDA’s University Quality Assurance International Board (UQAIB) commended quality of university's programmes.
Currently Middlesex University Dubai offers 24 undergraduate and 7 postgraduate programmes, as well as pre-undergraduate studies. All four of University's schools (Arts and Education, Business School, Engineering and Information Sciences and Health and Social Sciences) offer courses in Dubai campus. All degrees are issued by Middlesex University, UK. In 2008 Middlesex University Dubai awarded its first honorary doctorate to His Excellency Sultan Bin Sulayem
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem is the chairman of Dubai World, a diversified holding company based in the United Arab Emirates and owned by the government of Dubai.-Family background:...
. The number of graduates has grown from just 8 in 2006 to over 200 in 2009, while the alumni network has exceeded 1,000 in 2010. As of February, 2011 Dubai campus had over 1,700 students from nearly 90 nationalities. In 2010 the campus expanded its facilities to include Block 17, which will house a state-of-the-art lecture theatre, several new classrooms and faculty offices as well as the first dedicated postgraduate study suite.
In an interview with Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times
The Khaleej Times is a daily English language newspaper published in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Traditionally perceived as the second most popular newspaper in the UAE, Khaleej Times has struggled to keep up its circulation and entered 2011 with a print run of just under 40,000 copies...
, Professor Raed Awamleh, Dubai campus director, said that the University is aiming to start a whole set of programmes in 2012. They will include health and fitness, risk management, logistics, law, environmental sustainability and occupational health and safety. Professor Awamleh also mentioned a distant possibility of relocating to Dubai International Academic City
Dubai International Academic City
Dubai International Academic City , was built near Al Ruwayyah along the Dubai-Al Ain Road in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. DIAC is located within Dubai Academic City, which spreads over an area of , and the development is scheduled to be completed by 2012...
.
Subject focus: Accountancy, business administration, psychology, communication and media, computing science, tourism, human resource management, information technology, hospitality management, publishing and professional short courses.
Mauritius
Located in Bonne Terre, a suburb of Vacoas-Phoenix, the 7,800 sq metre campus officially opened in October 2009. It features a Learning Resource Centre, open access and specialist computer suites, and dining and social spaces as well as on-site accommodation for up to 190 students. Lecturing academics based at the Mauritius campus work in partnership with the academic programme team based at Middlesex’s London campuses to ensure the quality standards of the UK programmes are maintained in curriculum delivery, teaching styles and assessment.Middlesex University's partner in Mauritian campus is JSS Mahavidyapeetha (JSSMVP). Established for 50 years, JSSMVP is the largest and one of the top private educational institutions in India running over 300 institutions in India, Mauritius and Dubai.
The University welcomed the first students from Mauritius and the surrounding region in January 2010. As of today six undergraduate programmes have been accredited by the Tertiary Education Commission in Mauritius.
Noida
In June, 2010 it was reported that Middlesex University is planning to open a new campus in Noida suburbNoida
Noida , short for the New Okhla Industrial Development Area, is an area in India under the management of the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority . Noida came into administrative existence on 17 April 1976 and celebrates 17 April as "Noida Day". It was set up as part of an urbanization...
of New Delhi, India. In March, 2011 it was confirmed that the University will launch a new study centre in India in October. The centre will offer two-year business and IT programmes and is expected to increase Middlesex's total student body by 30 per cent. There are also plans to forge new partnerships with A. R. Rahman's
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
KM Music Conservatory
KM Music Conservatory
The KM Music Conservatory is a multidisciplinary music education center inaugurated in 2008 by music director A. R. Rahman's foundation. The institution, located near his studios in Kodambakkam, Chennai, is partnered with Audio Media Education facility to tutor and train aspiring musicians in...
in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
and a specialist creative arts centre in Southern Delhi.
China
Dr Terry Butland, International Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Middlesex University, in an interview to Gulf NewsGulf News
Gulf News is a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates with a December 2009 BPA audited circulation of over 117,036 qualified copies...
in March 2011, said that the university already has plans to open a future campus in China.
Tottenham
The campus was closed in summer 2005, its programmes of study having moved to the university's other campuses. What was the Tottenham campus started life as St Katharine's College, one of the first British teacher training colleges in 1878, later to become the College of All Saints, a Church of England college of higher education and a constituent college of the Institute of EducationInstitute of Education
The Institute of Education is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom specialised in postgraduate study and research in the field of education and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It is the largest education research body in the United Kingdom, with...
, University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, for whose degrees it taught. The name change was a result of the 1964 union of St Katharine's with Berridge House, Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, on the Tottenham site. The college expanded in the 1960s, although much of the campus retained its Victorian architecture. After the closer of the college and the union with Middlesex Polytechnic, the 'All Saints' campus was home to humanities and cultural studies, business studies, law, sociology and women's studies, all of which have been moved to other campuses. The buildings, previously occupied by Middlesex University, were eventually demolished and the site is now the home of the newly built Haringey Sixth Form Centre. The College of All Saints Foundation continues as the All Saints Educational Trust.
Bounds Green
Bounds Green campus, home to the Engineering and Information Technology schools was sold to a residential developer in December 2003. It was used extensively for location shooting for the 1989 film, WiltWilt (film)
Wilt is a 1989 movie adaptation by LWT of the Tom Sharpe novel of the same name. The story follows the comic misadventures of the eponymous Henry Wilt as he is accused of the murder of his wife when she suddenly goes missing after a party at a friend's house where they have a very public...
.
Enfield
The history of Enfield Campus began with the history of electric lightElectric light
Electric lights are a convenient and economic form of artificial lighting which provide increased comfort, safety and efficiency. Most electric lighting is powered by centrally-generated electric power, but lighting may also be powered by mobile or standby electric generators or battery systems...
. In 1901, Joseph Wilson Swan bought a house in Ponders End
Ponders End
Ponders End is a place in the London Borough of Enfield, North London located in an area generally known as the Lea Valley. It is roughly located in the area either side of Hertford Road between The Ride and the Boundary Public House and Wharf Road and the Southbury railway station/Kingsway...
High Street that became the Ediswan Institute. Four years later Ediswan Institute was bought by Middlesex County Council and became the Ponders End Technical Institute. By 1937 The Ponders End Technical Institute was growing so rapidly that it was decided to build a new college across the road, in Queensway. Due to the Second World War, it was not completed until 1953, but the unfinished buildings were in use throughout the war. By now it was called Enfield Technical College, but in 1962 it was renamed Enfield College of Technology by the Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)
The administration of education policy in the United Kingdom began in the 19th century. Official mandation of education began with the Elementary Education Act 1870 for England and Wales, and the Education Act 1872 for Scotland...
. In 1973 the college formed part of Middlesex Polytechnic.
There are four major building on campus: Broadbent, Roberts building (or Tower Block), McCrae and Pascal. They are named after people who helped to create it.
BROADBENT: The main building of Enfield Campus is named after Henry Winterbottom Broadbent, a Mechanical Engineer who was appointed first Principal of Enfield Technical College in January 1941.
ROBERTS BUILDING: The Tower Block was named after a local industrialist George A. Roberts, who was chair of Enfield College's Governing Body from 1949 to 1968.
MCCRAE: The McCrae Building was the first extension to Enfield Technical College. Built in 1955, it was later named after Roderick McCrae, who was the Principal from 1955 to 1962.
PASCAL: The Pascal Building is named after Eric Pascal who was Education Officer of the Borough of Enfield from before 1942 until 1945 or later, and clerk to the Governors of Enfield College from 1949 to 1965.
The campus was closed in July 2008, and the majority of departments located here moved to the extended Hendon campus and some to the Archway Campus shared with UCL.
Cat Hill
In March 2011 Cat Hill campus was sold to the L&Q housing association as part of the university's plans to centralise its courses in Hendon. The campus closed in September 2011 and students moved to a new £80 million building on the university's Hendon campus.Cat Hill Campus was located in Cockfosters
Cockfosters
Cockfosters is a suburb of North London, lying partly in the London Borough of Enfield and partly in the London Borough of Barnet. The counties of Hertfordshire and Middlesex respectively are still used in postal addresses.The name has been recorded as far back as 1524, and is thought to be either...
. It was originally the illustrious Hornsey College of Art, founded in 1880. In the late 1970s the campus was extended to become the Faculty of Art & Design of the then Middlesex Polytechnic. Today, art and design, cinematics and electronic arts are located at Cat Hill. The campus also houses the University's Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture
The Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture is a museum in North London, England, housing one of the most comprehensive collections of 19th- and 20th-century decorative arts for the home....
(MoDA) and formerly housed the national Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive until it relocated to the Bishopsgate Institute
Bishopsgate Institute
Bishopsgate Institute is a cultural institute, located on Bishopsgate, in proximity of Liverpool Street station and Spitalfields market, London, England.Bishopsgate Institute was established in 1895...
in central London. Cat Hill campus is also home the Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts
Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts
The Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts is a research centre of Middlesex University in the north of London, United Kingdom. It had a significant role in the early development of computer graphics and has continued to innovate in areas such as interactive media and sonic arts.The Centre undertakes...
(named after John Lansdown
John Lansdown
Robert John Lansdown was a British computer graphics pioneer, polymath and Professor Emeritus at Middlesex University Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts, which was renamed in his honour in 2000....
), which runs a variety of graduate and undergraduate degrees in interactive media and electronic arts.
Subject focus: Art & Design, fashion, textiles, fine art, graphics and media arts.
Schools of Middlesex University
Middlesex University is divided into five Schools:- School of Arts and Education
- Business School
- School of Engineering & Information Sciences (formerly, School of Computing Science)
- School of Health and Social Sciences
- Institute for Work Based Learning
Business School
Based at Hendon campus, Middlesex University Business School (MUBS) is over 50 years old. It has run business studies qualifications since the 1950s at what was then Hendon College of Technology and offered the UK's first degree in business studies in 1965. It also launched its first MBA in the early 1980s. MUBS was one of only a handful of new universities in the UK accredited by Association of MBAsAssociation of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
., before abandoning accreditation in 2010.
The university also runs a small business school in Quarry Bay
Quarry Bay
Quarry Bay is an area beneath Mount Parker in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. The western portion of the area was also formerly known as Lai Chi...
, Hong Kong, offering two courses from Middlesex University in London.Since August 2011 they have been working with the Austrian "KMU Akademie" to offer German.
School of Engineering & Information Sciences
The School of Engineering and Information Sciences (SEIS) is one of the largest in the UK, having trebled in size since 1994, with more than 1000 students from a rich diversity of backgrounds, ages and countries. Teaching is located at Hendon campus and Trent Park campus in North London.Institute for Work Based Learning
The Institute for Work Based Learning (or IWBL) pioneered the development of Work Based Learning at higher education level during the early 1990s. It grew out of Work Based Learning Research and Development Project, which was initially funded by the Department for Education and Employment over 1992–1994. Later, in 1993, The National Centre for Work Based Learning Partnerships (or NCWBLP) was founded and two years later – in 1995 – first Work Based Learning Studies programmes get validated. In 2008 HEFCEHigher Education Funding Council for England
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the United Kingdom, which has been responsible for the distribution of funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since...
awarded Middlesex University with a major grant of almost £8 million to support employer engagement. The funding allowed the University to establish Middlesex University Organisational Development Network (or MODNet), a centre of a national network of expertise in work-based learning. Essentially, MODNet offers learning and development programmes co-designed with employers and acts as a ‘one-stop shop’, able to respond to all employer training needs, drawing on partner expertise where appropriate.
Today Middlesex University runs Work Based Learning Centres in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
, Ireland, Hong Kong and Malaysia and has received Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education for its role in integrating formal education and employment.
Research
Middlesex University research activity covers 29 areas. The UK Funding CouncilsHigher Education Funding Council for England
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the United Kingdom, which has been responsible for the distribution of funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since...
' 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
(or RAE) found that over three-quarters (77%) of Middlesex's research submitted for the RAE to be internationally recognised in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
Particularly well-known is the pioneering work of the Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC), an interdisciplinary centre based in the School of Health and Social Sciences, which was recently named as one of the top 100 discoveries and developments at a UK university. FHRC has been active since the early 1970s and therefore comprises one of the oldest research centres in the world focusing on water, environmental management and natural hazards.
In 2011 Middlesex University research project on age diversity was selected for inclusion into the Big Ideas for the Future report. The report, which is being jointly published by Research Councils UK
Research Councils UK
Research Councils UK is a strategic partnership between the seven UK Research Councils. It enables the Councils to work together more effectively to enhance the overall impact and effectiveness of their research, training and innovation activities, contributing to the delivery of the Government's...
(RCUK) and Universities UK
Universities UK
Universities UK began life as the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century when there were informal meetings involving Vice-Chancellors of a number of universities and Principals of university colleges...
, pulls together the leading research projects currently taking place across UK universities. The report is narrated and backed by high-profile celebrities such as Professor Lord Robert Winston
Robert Winston
Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a British professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and politician.-Early life and education :...
, Dr Alice Roberts
Alice Roberts
Alice May Roberts is an English anatomist, osteoarchaeologist, anthropologist, television presenter, and author.Best known for her TV appearances in the BBC series Coast, Dr Alice Roberts: Don't Die Young, and The Incredible Human Journey, she has also appeared as an expert osteoarchaeologist on...
and Professor Iain Stewart.
Students
Middlesex University has a very diverse student body, around 21,000 strong, many of whom are mature students. Around 4,800 students (23%) are from overseas, with ca. 3,400 (16%) from outside of the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
. The University also has student exchange links with over 100 different universities in more than 22 different countries across Europe, the United States, and the world.
Until recently the number of students at Middlesex University has been declining fast, hitting a four-year low of 21,350 in the academic year of 2008–2009. The number of PG students fell 20% in four years (from over 6,000 graduates in 2005 to less than 5,000 in 2009), while the number of non-EU students were down by a third over the same period. In the last academic year of 2009–2010, however, the number of students across all categories increased sharply (see table below).
In 2010 Middlesex had one of the biggest increases in applications at any university – more than 30% – but the demand for places had still grown by another 11% at the start of 2011.
Students' Union
As of 2005, Middlesex University Students' Union (MUSU) is undergoing a period of large-scale change. Academic year 2004–05 saw the university management force MUSU, against the wishes and votes of MUSU members, to give up its commercial areas – i.e., shops, bars, cafeterias and entertainments. These have now been taken over by Chartwells (then known as Scolarest), a major provider of catering and support services to UK educational institutions, who was already handling catering facilities for the university proper.This situation has arisen due to a dispute over a £300,000 debt owed by MUSU to the University.
MUSU has four sabbatical officers, each with a specific portfolio, and who also represent the students on their base campus. MUSU runs a number of student lead entertainment and communication activities under the name of MUD (Middlesex University Direct). This includes a radio station (MUD Radio) and a student magazine (MUD Magazine), which is published six times a year and is available to students for free.
In 1981 Union president Nick Harvey
Nick Harvey
Nicholas Barton "Nick" Harvey is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He is the Member of Parliament for North Devon and the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.-Early life and education:...
joined protests outside Rochester Row police station after six Irish students were detained without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. That year student John Kennedy stood in the Crosby
Crosby (UK Parliament constituency)
Crosby was a constituency in Merseyside, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 until 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-History:...
by-election
Crosby by-election, 1981
The Crosby by-election, 1981 was a by-election held in England on 26 November 1981 to elect a new Member of Parliament for the House of Commons constituency of Crosby on Merseyside...
to highlight the case of seven students suspended from the Polytechnic after a sit-in protest demanding nursery facilities.
Restructuring
Following the review of the sustainability of its academic programmes, the university implemented a string of cost-containment adjustments over 2005–2006. Specifically, in late 2005 it decided to stop offering history courses in an attempt to reduce £10 million deficit that had built up. The decision, however, was met with considerable hostility from Middlesex's student union as well as from The National Union of Students. In other moves to save costs, the university made 175 voluntary redundancies, including 33 academic staff, a measure that was supposed to save £5 million.
Since 2000 Middlesex embarked on a new strategy to achieve ‘fewer, better campuses’ in order to reduce costs and improve the long-term sustainability of the University. The strategy translated into the disposal of several small uneconomic arts campuses in Bedford, Hampstead and Wood Green
Wood Green
Wood Green is a district in north London, England, located in the London Borough of Haringey. It is situated north of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London.-History:...
and larger, but still uneconomic and unattractive campuses at Bounds Green
Bounds Green
Bounds Green is an area in the north of London, in the London Borough of Haringey. Parts of Bounds Green are also known as New Southgate, but most of New Southgate lies in the London Borough of Enfield to the north west....
, Enfield and Tottenham. The University has also closed the Corporate Services building at the North London Business Park
Barnet College
Barnet College is a Further education college in North London, England in the United Kingdom. It has two main sites and two other learning centres in the London Borough of Barnet, and is a member of the 157 Group of schools....
and consolidated most of the functions carried out on these sites at Hendon, where it aims to accommodate nearly all its London based teaching.
In 2010, Middlesex announced the closure of its Philosophy department. The move was taken because the department was judged by the University to be not financially sustainable. This was despite the fact that Philosophy had been the highest ranking department in the University's latest Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
(RAE) in 2008, building on its grade of 5 in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. An international campaign of support was quickly organised, with figures such as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian literary critic, theorist and a University Professor at Columbia University. She is best known for the essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?", considered a founding text of postcolonialism, and for her translation of Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology. She...
, Jean-Luc Nancy
Jean-Luc Nancy
Jean-Luc Nancy is a French philosopher.Nancy's first book, published in 1973, was Le titre de la lettre , a reading of the work of French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, written in collaboration with Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe...
, Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis....
, Étienne Balibar
Étienne Balibar
Étienne Balibar is a French Marxist philosopher. After the death of his teacher Louis Althusser, Balibar quickly became the leading exponent of French Marxist philosophy.- Life and work :...
, David Harvey
David Harvey
David Harvey is the name of:*David Harvey *David Harvey , geographer and social theorist*David Harvey , American luthier...
, Isabelle Stengers
Isabelle Stengers
Professor Isabelle Stengers , is a Belgian philosopher and is the daughter of the historian Jean Stengers. She graduated in chemistry at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.-Biography:Professor Stengers writes about the philosophy of science...
and many others expressing their strong disapproval. Articles condemning the decision appeared in the national press and students protested actively on campus and elsewhere for the restitution of the department. In early June 2010 it was announced that the department's postgraduate component, the CRMEP, was to be transferred to Kingston University but the undergraduate programme still to be phased out.
Quality, Awards and Rankings
Middlesex University has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary PrizeQueen's Anniversary Prize
The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education is a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to Universities and Colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom...
three times and has twice received Queen's Award for Enterprise (for its international work).
A team of auditors from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
Established in 1997, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education works to ensure that higher education qualifications in the United Kingdom are of a sound standard. It protects the public interest by checking how universities and colleges maintain their academic standards and quality...
(QAA) visited
Middlesex from 30 March to 3 April 2009 to carry out an Institutional audit. Its resulting report said auditors had confidence in the University's current and likely future management of its academic standards and of the learning opportunities available to students. There was also praise for the 'meticulous attention' given to the establishment, development and integration of the University's Dubai campus. Middlesex also received QAA praise for its initiatives to improve student progression and achievement and the 'distinctive contribution' of the University's Work Based Learning programmes.
In 2006, the University was ranked second in a re-assessment of teaching quality in all English universities. The Times Higher Education Supplement of 17 November 2006 reported on how the scores for each university, as marked by the Quality Assurance Agency, had been “adjusted to remove the link with research” and form a league table which had post-1992 universities performing strongly.
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) ranks Middlesex University Business School among the top 20 international business schools in the world, ahead of Oxford and Cambridge.
Middlesex University Business School is also rated as a "centre of excellence" by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development is Europe's largest professional institute for people management and development. It is located in Wimbledon, London, England. The organisation has over 135,000 members across 120 countries, and achieved chartered status in 2000...
(CIPD), the first university in the UK to offer courses accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
The University is home to two HEFCE 'Centres for Excellence in Learning and Teaching' – one in Work Based Learning – one in Mental Health and Social Work.
National Student Survey
The overall satisfaction rating from the National Student SurveyNational student survey
The National Student Survey is a survey, launched in 2005, of all final year degree students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
(or NSS) increased from 69% in 2008/09 to 78% in 2009/10.
| 2010 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 78 | 69 |
| Teaching on the Course | 78 | 73 |
| Assessment & Feedback | 66 | 58 |
| Academic Support | 70 | 63 |
| Org & Management | 70 | 62 |
| Learning Resources | 76 | 73 |
| Personal Development | 80 | 74 |
League tables
Middlesex University has seen its ranking in 2012 league tables markedly improve.In The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
's University Guide 2012, Middlesex scored 52.2 out of 100, which placed it 75th out of 119 universities ranked – up 38 positions from 2011 ranking.
The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
newspaper league table 2012 ranked Middlesex 71st out of 116 universities. The standing reflected an increase by 21 positions from the 2011 league table, when Middlesex was ranked 97th out of 115 universities.
Middlesex's standing in 2012, according to The Times, was upgraded by 13 positions from the year before.
In January 2011 Webometrics Ranking
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, also known as Ranking Web of World Universities, is ranking system for the world's universities based on a composite indicator that takes into account both the volume of the Web contents and the visibility and impact of these web publications...
Middlesex made it into top 1,000 – taking 916th place out of 12,000 universities.
The Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2010 ranked Middlesex 111th out of 113 universities, reflecting a decline of 10 places from its position of 101st on the previous year. The Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey gathers the views of undergraduates themselves on factors ranging from quality of teaching, security and facilities, to relationships with teaching staff, workload and social life on campus.
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Times The Times The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International... Good University Guide |
94th/116 | 104th/113 | 105th/114 | 105th/113 | 108th/113 | 96th/109 | n/a* | 84th/99 |
| The Guardian The Guardian The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... University Guide |
75th/119 | 112th/118 | 106 th/117 | 109th/117 | 120th/120 | n/a | 98th/122 | 86th/122 |
| The Independent The Independent The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily... Complete University Guide |
71st/116 | 97th/115 | 88th/113 | 82nd/113 | 107th/113 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sunday Times University Guide The Sunday Times The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times... |
107th/122 | 107th/n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
The People and Planet Green League
In The People & Planet Green LeagueThe People & Planet Green League
The People & Planet Green League is a ranking of United Kingdom universities based on their sustainable practice. It is compiled by the student campaign group People & Planet....
2011 table, which lists universities in the UK in order of their environmental and ethical performance, Middlesex ranked 111th out of 142 universities and achieved a third class award. The standing is an improvement on last year’s position at 129 out of 133 universities.
Notable alumni
As with most other UK universities, Middlesex runs an Alumni associationAlumni association
An alumni association is an association of graduates or, more broadly, of former students. In the United Kingdom and the United States, alumni of universities, colleges, schools , fraternities, and sororities often form groups with alumni from the same organisation...
that allows former students to maintain contact with the University after graduation. Additionally, it offers various discounts and benefits to its members, as well as organizing reunions and social events.
School of Arts and Education
- Peter FribbinsPeter FribbinsPeter Fribbins , is a British composer. He studied music at the Royal Academy of Music, Royal Holloway and Nottingham universities, and composition with Hans Werner Henze in London and Italy....
(Music) - Chris BatchelorChris BatchelorChris Batchelor is a jazz trumpeter and composer. He gained his first professional experience with Dudu Pukwana's Zila aged 17, at the suggestion of Harry Beckett. He subsequently became a founder member,composer and soloist with Loose Tubes, contributing many pieces to the repertoire of the band...
(jazz) - Nikki IlesNikki IlesNikki Iles is an English jazz composer and musician, playing piano and accordion.Iles was born in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, her parents both musicians...
(jazz)
Business School
- Ivor Grattan-GuinnessIvor Grattan-GuinnessIvor Grattan-Guinness, born 23 June 1941, in Bakewell, in England, is a historian of mathematics and logic.He gained his Bachelor degree as a Mathematics Scholar at Wadham College, Oxford, got an M.Sc in Mathematical Logic and the Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics in 1966...
, Professor EmeritusEmeritusEmeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
of the History of Mathematics and Logic - John GrahlJohn GrahlJohn Grahl is a British academic and professor.Grahl was brought-up in Burntisland, Fife, and was educated at Kirkcaldy High School between 1957 and 1964...
(European integration) - Stephan DahlStephan DahlStephan Dahl is a British academic and senior lecturer at the University of Hull having previously taught marketing at Middlesex University in London, United Kingdom...
(marketing)
Visiting Professors
- Bernard InghamBernard InghamSir Bernard Ingham is a journalist and former civil servant who is best known as Margaret Thatcher's Chief Press Secretary while she was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Today Ingham lectures in Public Relations at Middlesex University in London...
(marketing) - John RedwoodJohn RedwoodJohn Alan Redwood is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Wokingham. He was formerly Secretary of State for Wales in Prime Minister John Major's Cabinet and was an unsuccessful challenger for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 1995...
(management)
School of Engineering & Information Sciences
- David TurnerDavid Turner (computer scientist)Professor David Turner is a British computer scientist.He has a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He has held professorships at Queen Mary College, London, University of Texas at Austin and the University of Kent at Canterbury, where he now retains the post of Emeritus Professor.He is...
(computing science) - Roman BelavkinSolarXSolarX, is the performing name of Dr. Roman Belavkin, a Russian electronic music artist and computer scientist.SolarX was one of the pioneers of techno in post-Perestroika Russia. He now lives in London and teaches at Middlesex University....
(computing science) - Meir Manny LehmanMeir Manny LehmanMeir M. "Manny" Lehman, FREng was a professor in the School of Computing Science at Middlesex University. From 1972 to 2002 he was a Professor and Head of the Computing Department at Imperial College London...
(computing science)
School of Health and Social Sciences
- Colin GreenColin GreenRobert Colin Green is a Welsh former footballer born in Brymbo near Wrexham, who made 201 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Everton, Birmingham City and Wrexham. He played most of his professional club football for Birmingham City and was part of the team which won the...
(Flood Hazard – economics) - David ConwayDavid Conway (philosopher)David Conway is a British academic philosopher. He grew up in London, read Philosophy as an undergraduate at Cambridge University in the 1960s and went on to obtain his doctorate in Philosophy from University College London. He taught at Middlesex University for over thirty years, where he was...
, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy - Edmund Penning-RowsellEdmund Penning-RowsellFor the geographer, click Edmund Lionel Penning-Rowsell was a British journalist considered the doyen of Britain's writers on wine, and possibly the world's longest-serving wine correspondent.-Biography:...
(Flood Hazard – geography) - Irena PapadopoulosIrena PapadopoulosProfessor Irena Papadopoulos is a prominent Greek Cypriot transcultural nursing researcher and now resides in the United Kingdom....
(Transcultural nursing research) - Ivan RoittIvan RoittProfessor Ivan Maurice Roitt was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Balliol College, Oxford University.In 1956, together with Deborah Doniach and Peter Campbell, he made the classic discovery of thyroglobulin autoantibodies in Hashimoto's thyroiditis which helped to open the whole...
(Director, Centre for Investigative & Diagnostic Oncology) - Lola YoungLola Young, Baroness Young of HornseyLola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey, OBE is a British artist, author, and Crossbench peer.Young was educated at the Parliament Hill School for Girls in London and went then to the New College of Speech and Drama, where she received a diploma in dramatic art in 1975, and a teaching certificate...
, Professor Emeritus of cultural studies - Ray K IlesRay K IlesProfessor Ray K Iles is the Associate Dean for Research in the School of Health & Social Sciences at Middlesex University, and also the Professor of Biomedical Science. He was headhunted to lead the new Biomedical Research group at Middlesex University in 2004, and was formerly head of the...
(Biomedical Science – biomarkers) - Vincenzo RuggieroVincenzo RuggieroVincenzo Ruggiero is Professor of Sociology at Middlesex University, London.He is also director of the Crime and Conflict Research Centre at Middlesex University.-Research:...
(Sociology – organised and corporate crime) - John LeaJohn LeaJohn Lea is a left realist criminologist based at the Crime and Conflict Research Centre, Middlesex University in the United Kingdom.He graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London with a BSc in Economics in 1967, before gaining MSc's in Economics and...
(Criminology – left realism; law and order) - Jock YoungJock YoungThis article is about the sociologist. For the rapper, see Yung JocJock Young is a British sociologist and criminologist.He began teaching at Enfield College of Technology....
(Criminology and Sociology – left realism; law and order)
Visiting Professors
- Ed GallagherEd Gallagher (scientist)Professor Ed Gallagher is a British scientist. He is a council member of English Nature and chair of the Pesticides Forum which is part of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ....
(environmental studies)
Chancellors
- 1992–2000 – Beryl Platt, Baroness Platt of WrittleBeryl Platt, Baroness Platt of WrittleBeryl Platt, Baroness Platt of Writtle is a British Conservative Party politician.-Life:Platt was created a life peer in 1981. She is a member of the House of Lords. From 1992 to 2000 Beryl Platt was a Chancellor of Middlesex University....
- 2000–present – Allen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of DidgemereAllen Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of DidgemereAllen John George Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Didgemere KCVO is an industrialist.He was educated at Ilford County High School and the London School of Economics....
See also
- Hall-Carpenter ArchivesHall-Carpenter ArchivesThe Hall–Carpenter Archives are named after the authors Marguerite Radclyffe Hall and Edward Carpenter...
- Hornsey College of ArtHornsey College of ArtHornsey College of Art is a former college centred in Crouch End, London, England. Since 2008, the building has been a part of Coleridge Primary School, upon its expansion to four form entry...
- Lansdown Centre for Electronic ArtsLansdown Centre for Electronic ArtsThe Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts is a research centre of Middlesex University in the north of London, United Kingdom. It had a significant role in the early development of computer graphics and has continued to innovate in areas such as interactive media and sonic arts.The Centre undertakes...
- List of Middlesex University people
- Museum of Domestic Design and ArchitectureMuseum of Domestic Design and ArchitectureThe Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture is a museum in North London, England, housing one of the most comprehensive collections of 19th- and 20th-century decorative arts for the home....
- Trent ParkTrent ParkTrent Park is a country park, formerly the grounds of a mansion house which currently forms the Trent Park campus of Middlesex University in the north of London, United Kingdom...
External links
- Middlesex University home page
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- Middlesex University Research Repository
- Middlesex University Engineering and Informaiton Sciences Technical and Teaching server
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- Middlesex University Teaching Resources
- Technology Enhancement Programme website at Middlesex University
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- Alumni Association and the Development Office of Middlesex University
- Flood Hazard Research Centre home page
- Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture home page
- Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive home page
- Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts home page
- Runnymede Collection website at Middlesex University
- Bernie Grant Archives home page
- Middlesex University Virtual Tour from Eye Revolution
- MDX Play
- John Kennedy election leaflet
- Ninad Karpe's interview with CNBC-TV18’s Reema Tendulkar and Ekta Batra re an alliance with Middlesex University