Achievements and Friends

Some Facts and Figures

Middlesex is a well established and thriving university that is both British based and internationally facing. The more established campuses are located in north London but the University has newer campuses in both Dubai (opened in 2005) and Mauritius (opened in 2010).
Middlesex currently teaches 35,500 students, and about 30 per cent of these are international students. 22,000 study on Middlesex's London campuses and 20 per cent of these students are from overseas. A further 5,000 study on programmes validated by Middlesex but provided by the University's partners in the UK. And there are 8,500 Middlesex students studying overseas of which 1,200 are based on Middlesex's Dubai campus and 7.300 study on programmes validated by Middlesex but provided by the University's partners overseas.
The majority – 78 per cent - of Middlesex students are undergraduates, with the remaining 22 per cent studying postgraduate programmes.
A slightly smaller majority – 65 per cent – of Middlesex students study full time, with the remaining 35 per cent studying part time.
Of the full time undergraduates students, around 37 per cent are mature students. This means that they are 21 years or over when they begin their study at Middlesex. And 67 per cent of part time undergraduates are mature students.
Middlesex is a very popular university for students from the London area. 66 per cent of full time students are from London or the South East.

Our local community

Middlesex's flagship campus is in Hendon, which is located in the London Borough of Barnet. Student spending has a huge positive impact on Barnet's local economy. In 2008-9 some 9.800 Hendon-based students generated an estimated £48.8 million for local businesses in the Borough. It is estimated that one local job is created for every 8.4 students in the area, supporting some 1,360 local jobs by 2011 when more students will move from the University's campuses at Cat Hill and Trent Park (both in north London).

Academic Calendar

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Academic Achievements

Quality Assurance Agency

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) visited Middlesex in 2009. 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.

Research Assessment Exercise

The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) contained some excellent results for research at Middlesex University. Analysis of the different rankings produced by various publications placed Middlesex at number 10 among post-1992 universities. Over three quarters – 77 per cent – of all Middlesex's research submitted for the RAE was rated as 'internationally recognised', with a substantial proportion rated as 'internationally excellent' or better.

Queen's Anniversary Prizes

1996 was the year that Middlesex was awarded the first of three Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education, for its innovative provision of Work Based Learning, giving people the opportunity to gain a degree for the knowledge and expertise they acquire through their work. A further Queen's Anniversary Prize, this time for Education Technology followed in 1998 and a third in 2000, for the University's groundbreaking Flood Hazard Research Centre.

Skillset Media Academy

In 2007 Middlesex was awarded Skillset Media Academy status by the Government Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. This award recognises the excellence and forward-looking nature of the University's media-related courses and education delivered to students.

Other Academic Achievements

Middlesex University is:

The first British university to achieve the highest rating possible for our collaborative provision around the world
A centre of excellence for teacher education – all teacher education is rated good or very good by OFSTED
One of very few universities to have been awarded three Queen's Anniversary Prizes

Organisational Achievements

Queen's Award for Enterprise

Middlesex was given the Queen's Award for Enterprise, for International Trade, in 2003. This award recognised Middlesex as the very first British university to open, in 1995, a network of recruitment offices around the world. This move gave thousands of international students the opportunity to come to London to study at Middlesex.

Investors in People

Middlesex retains its Investors in People status, which was awarded in 1999. The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an organisation's performance through its people by:

Developing strategies to improve the performance of the organisation
Taking action to improve the performance of the organisation
Evaluating the impact on the performance of the organisation

Positive about Disabled People

Middlesex is proud to carry the 'two ticks' disability symbol. This means that the Employment Service has judged the University positively against five main criteria:

To interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and consider them on their abilities
To ensure there is a mechanism in place to discuss at any time, but at least once a year, with disabled employees what can be done to make sure they can develop and use their abilities
To make every effort when employees become disabled to make sure they stay in employment
To take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make the commitments work
Each year to review the five commitments and what has been achieved, to plan ways to improve on them and to let employees and the Employment Service know about progress and future plans