| Middlesex University
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| Established
| 1973 (became university 1992)
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| Chancellor
| Lord Sheppard of Didgemere
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| Vice-Chancellor
| Michael Driscoll
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| Location
| London (North) & Dubai
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| Students
| 22,000 total (2004)
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| Staff
| 2,300
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| League Table
| 19th (Guardian)
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| Member of
| AMBA
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| Homepage
| www.mdx.ac.uk
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Middlesex University is a university in North London, England, located in the traditional county of Middlesex (from which it takes its name).
The institution was created in 1973 when Enfield College of Technology, Hendon College of Technology and Hornsey College of Art, joined to create Middlesex Polytechnic. St Katharine’s College of All Saints (dating back as far as 1878) and Trent Park College joined in 1974 and in 1992 it became Middlesex University. In 2004, Middlesex University Business School opened an overseas campus in Dubai.
Campuses
The University is spread across 5 sites. All campuses are located in North London (earning Middlesex the nickname "University of the North Circular" due to their locations near to the major ring road). Each campus has a quite distinct character and some of the campuses are important architecturally, especially Trent Park.
Tottenham
Tottenham campus (located in Wood Green, North London) started life as one of the first British teacher training colleges in 1878. It was then called The College of St Katharine's, later to be called The College of All Saints. The campus was expanded in the 1960s, although much of the campus retains its Victorian architecture. Today, the site is home to humanities and cultural studies, business studies, law, sociology and women's studies.
Hendon
Hendon was known as the Hendon College of Technology. Today's main (or college) building was build in neo-Georgian style by H.W. Burchett and opened in 1939. It is currently being refurbished in a £40 million pound project, which includes the addition of a glass covered central court yard. The college was extended in 1955 and in 1969 a new refectory and engineering block (the Williams Building) was added. In 2004 The new Learning Resource Centre, The Sheppard Library opened on the site. Hendon also has a sports club, known as The Burroughs for students and staff which has one of the few real tennis courts in the UK. Middlesex University Business School and computing science are located in Hendon.
Enfield
Enfield campus was originally the Enfield College of Technology, originally founded as Ponders End Technical Institute in 1901 as Ponders End Technical Institute. Today Enfield campus is home of the social sciences and health sciences. The research centres for herbal medicine, and sport and performance therapies are based here, as well as the National Flood Hazard Control Centre.
Cat Hill
Cat Hill Campus is located Enfield. 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 Cat Hill Campus also houses MoDA, the University's Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture and the National Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive .
Trent Park
See Trent Park for a short history of the campus
Trent Park is a palatial mansion set in a 4 km² country park, originally a fourteenth-century hunting ground of Henry IV. Performing arts, teacher education, product design and engineering and biological science are based here.
Hospital campuses
Additionally, the School of Health and Social Sciences occupies the Archway and Hospitals campuses operating from four sites at the Royal Free Hospital, Whittington hospital (jointly owned and in development with University College London), Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospitals.
Dubai
In 2004, Middlesex University opened an overseas campus in Dubai, situated in the Knowledge Village Dubai.
In Dubai, Middlesex currently offers two undergraduate degrees: A BSc(Hons) in Business Administration and a BSc(Hons) in Business Information Systems.
Students
Middlesex University has an very diverse student body, over 22,000 strong, many of whom are mature students. Around 5,000 students are from overseas, coming from more than 100 countries (2004). The application/places ratio is 6.1:1 (2002). The University also has student exchange links with 100 colleges and universities around the world.
Scholarships
In a controversial move, the university announced in 2004 an offer of £1,000 a year in cash to attract students with high academic grades. Full-time undergraduates enrolling for September 2004, who have achieved three Bs at A-level or equivalent, will be able to apply for the scholarships.
The university also offers a number of other scholarships awarded on the basis of sporting achievement and community or cultural activity.
Awards
It has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prizes three times, and has been named as one of Britain's Top 20 Universities in the 2004 Guardian University League Tables, which ranks Middlesex University 19th of 119 universities.
Middlesex University Business School is also rated as a "centre of excellence" by the Chartered Institute of Personel and Development (CIPD), the first university in the UK to offer courses accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing as well as accredited by the Association of MBAs.
Famous alumni
Famous alumni include:
- Gladys Asmah , Minister for Women and Children's Affairs, Ghana
- Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret
- Fiona McAuslan and Matt Norman, authors "The Rough Guide"
- Rod Birtles, General Manager, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
- Baroness Blackstone, Minister for Education (1997-2001), Minister for Arts (2001-2003), (Labour Peer)
- Martin Booth, novelist
- Langlands and Bell, artists
- Christine Butler, MP (Labour)
- Ally Capellino , designer
- Lord Davies of Oldham, (Labour Peer)
- Mike Gapes, MP (Labour)
- Roger Glover, musician (Deep Purple)
- Tom Nairn , theorist on nationalism and political activist
- Nick Harvey, MP (Liberal Democrats)
- James Herbert, novelist
- Kim Howells, MP (Labour)
- Allen Jones, artist
- Anish Kapoor, sculptor
- Peter J. King, philosoper
- Dermot O'Leary, TV presenter
- Suzannah Olivier, nutritionist
- Peter Polycarpou, actor
- Steve Sinnott , general secretary, National Union of Teachers
- Holly Slater, jazz musician
- Trevor Sutton , artist
- Karen Thomson , chief executive of AOL UK
- Johnny Vegas, comedian
- Yasmin Yusuf , designer & director (Marks & Spencer)
- Dayantha Wijeyesekera, Vice-Chancellor, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Vivienne Westwood, fashion guru
Notable academics
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