Information for Schools and Colleges

Star Student Workshops (Years 1 to 6)

This interactive giant floor game teaches students all about finance, social life, courses and higher education in a fun and engaging way. As well as answering questions, your students will need to use acting, spelling and team working skills for their group to be crowned the winners.

Book a Star Student workshop

Discover Me (all year groups)

Our innovative online career assessment tool generates a comprehensive career report to motivate your students and encourage them to think about and plan their future.

Try out Discover Me

Make Your Mark (Years 7 to 11)

Make Your Mark is our exciting progression scheme for schools. This scheme is a combination of various educational, interactive and aspiration-raising activities offered to students from specific schools over a 5-year period. Visit our website to find out more about the scheme.

Mini Make Your Mark sessions are built around the most fun and engaging elements of the subjects we teach at Middlesex University with sessions usually lasting around 15 to 20 minutes.

Make Your Mark experiences are designed to be delivered in extra-curricular contexts such as in after-school clubs or weekend activities.

Book sessions for your year group

Discover Me (all year groups)

Our innovative online career assessment tool generates a comprehensive career report to motivate your students and encourage them to think about and plan their future.

Try out Discover Me

Junior Entrepreneur Competition (Year 8)

Under the guidance of Dr Simon Best, who runs our Enterprise Development Hub, your students will spend the day performing market research, designing proposals and presenting a business plan to leading business professionals and academics. The competition gives students an opportunity to develop their creativity and innovation.

Book your place to compete

MDX Debate (Year 10 or 12)

MDX Debate teaches valuable communication and leadership skills as well as developing students' teamwork abilities and confidence. The competition has been developed with Professor Joshua Castellino (Dean of Law Faculty), with our team and the Middlesex Debating Society supporting students during the competition.

Find out more about MDX Debate

Preparing for university (Years 12 and 13)

We offer a variety of talks and workshops that help your students and their parents or guardians prepare for higher education. Topics covered include:

• Applying through UCAS
• Student life
• Writing a personal statement
• Student finance and budgeting
• Discover Me career profiling
• Higher Education advice for parents
• Interviews made easy (interview skills).

Book a workshop or talk

Personal statement sessions (Years 12 and 13)

This workshop gives crucial advice on the best way to write personal statements. Our team will visit your school and college and guide your students by providing useful activities to prompt and develop their ideas.

This service can be provided as a workshop delivered to a group of students or as a drop-in session to support individual students with their UCAS personal statement.

Book a personal statement session

Preparing for university

We offer a variety of talks and workshops that help your students and their parents or guardians prepare for higher education. Topics covered include:

• Applying through UCAS
• Student life
• Writing a personal statement
• Student finance and budgeting
• Discover Me career profiling
• Higher Education advice for parents
• Interviews made easy (interview skills).

Book a workshop or talk

Personal statement sessions

This workshop gives crucial advice on the best way to write personal statements. Our team will visit your school and college and guide your students by providing useful activities to prompt and develop their ideas.

This service can be provided as a workshop delivered to a group of students or as a drop-in session to support individual students with their UCAS personal statement.

Book a personal statement session

Careers advice through webchat

Zee, our qualified Careers Adviser, from the Education Liaison & Outreach team can provide information, advice and guidance on post-18 education pathways and career options with different courses at university.

Talk to her on weekdays from 9.00am to 3.00pm to see how she can support you.

Chat to Zee

Care leavers

We understand that starting higher education can be difficult without a strong family network. We are here to support you every step of the way from your first application right through to graduation and beyond.

Find out more about our care leaver support