Middlesex University
Financial Statements 2016/17
The Faculty of Professional and Social Sciences Science for the good of society
Over the past year, the Faculty of Professional and Social Sciences has focused predominantly on social justice and making a significant difference to society.
The Faculty launched three free Social Enterprise Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in partnership with FutureLearn in the past year: Business Doing Good, Turning Ideas into Action and Growing a Sustainable Business. They attracted 20,000 subscribers in the first six months.
Through the Business School initiative MDXCrowdfund, a group of BA Film students, who had previously won a Royal Television Society award, raised money for their film ‘Punchline’, about a struggling comedian seeking revenge on the entertainment industry. A Middlesex lecturer reached her target for work on the Partnership for Innovative Practitioner Engagement in Research (PIPER), created to increase student employability and improve safe and healthy work practices in business.
The European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (EHRAC), part of the School of Law, continues to do excellent work. Earlier this year, EHRAC successfully represented 300 victims of the 2004 Beslan School Siege in the European Court of Human Rights. In July, it represented Vyacheslav Yankovskiy, an insulin-dependent diabetic who did not receive adequate medical care while in pre-trial detention in Russia. The European Court ruled that this was ‘a serious failure on the part of the authorities’ and awarded Mr Yankovskiy compensation as a result.
The Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research (CEEDR) published a report revealing how massive cuts to local government, welfare and benefits are weakening devolution and growth plans for Greater Manchester. Research from Middlesex and the University of Liverpool revealed the many benefits experienced by small businesses who pay the voluntary Living Wage, such as fewer employee disputes and increased productivity.
In June, the University’s Unpaid Britain research project released initial findings from its report on the money being denied to British workers every year. It found that workers are missing out on £1.2 billion in unpaid wages, and that one in 12 workers does not receive a payslip.
In May 2017, the University hosted a Mental Health Awareness Week programme in conjunction with the Mental Health Foundation. Events included pet therapy, a mindfulness workshop, inspirational stories of brain injury rehabilitation and a talk about how to be more ‘bouncebackable’.
Improving service in the health sector Work will continue across our social projects such as Capital Nurse, Family and Schools Together and My Care Academy.
The University will join the new North London Social Work Teaching Partnership launching in October 2017. The partnership aims to create sustainable and innovative ways of working in the sector, in order to achieve excellence in service delivery.
The Strengthening Team-based Education in Practice (STEP) project, which aims to enhance learning in practice for health students, will continue to grow in the coming months.
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