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My name is Puja Vasani and I'm an associate lecturer. Within engineering, we've got a fair few bits of facilities. So, we've got a robotics lab, an electronics lab, we've got a mechatronics lab, we've got lots of different areas that are very specialist. And it's really nice because even though we as engineers use it, there are other departments that use it. And then those conversations between those two different students from different backgrounds and perspectives really does allow the creativeness,  the innovation and makes for some fantastic projects. 

My name is Professor Mamemed Karam Monolu. I'm head of department for design engineering and mathematics. One of the ways we offer is that actually linking students with industry. As a department, we work very closely with professional service called MDX works to offer placements and internships on campus as well as in industry. So all of our programmes are accredited by professional bodies and recognised by industry and they're are highly in demand. One of the good things about the university being located in North London is the fact that you can access via the underground lots of different locations and destinations that can then expose you to different types of engineering or different types of design. We have weekly guest lectures which are a great opportunity to connect with people in the industry and get advice on building your portfolio and your presence as a designer. In my first year I was actually allowed the opportunity to participate in the IMME competition. So the key is a mechanical engineering competition that um, organised yearly. Great experience because I had to participate against schools like Imperial College and UCL. Met a lot of people. Yeah, it was a very good experience. I mean the key thing is to keep up to date. So the reason why we use industry equipment even though it is a little bit more expensive than educational kit is that students are they call them oven ready in industry and when we buy some piece of equipment we're not just a customer. So it comes with the staff training it comes with resources that they would have given their customers so when they graduate they can actually add value on arrival. The assignments they give are not just the random assignment. They're based on real world application. So it makes you um help you prepare for your future career. So we work very closely with industry and we try and replicate what our graduates will be doing industry as part of their course. Having that also the academic freedom to enable that to happen is what's best that I find at Middlesex