Financial Statements 2017/18
Employability
Flexible work-related opportunities
This year we have seen our highest ever graduate employment rate in the Destinations of Leavers of Higher Education (DLHE) survey, with 90.6% of Middlesex respondents in employment and/or in further study. We are committed to giving our students the opportunities available and tools they need to turn their potential into career success. Key to this is access to work-related opportunities from the first year of study. Students can choose from a range of options, including mentoring through our dedicated alumni, projects embedded in the curriculum and work placements of varying lengths. We work with employers, charities and government to secure challenging and rewarding experiences linked to the world of work. One such collaboration is with the Ministry of Justice with whom we have developed month-long internships which give our students insight and experience of working in the civil service. An increasing number of employers are looking to work with us to diversify their workforces. They are invariably impressed with the calibre of our students and have created placement schemes exclusive to our students.
New employability support initiatives
We have developed a range of exciting new opportunities for our students.
MDXcel: a project-based learning initiative that facilitates multi-discipline, multi-cultural team-working on real-life, client-driven projects.
MDXcelerator: a pan-University programme of progressive support, activities, mentoring and incubation for student start-up businesses.
MyMentor: a mentor-mentee matching platform to facilitate student access to alumni and external partner mentoring and coaching.
SLA – Get Involved: a programme of workshops aimed specifically at year one students to promote work experience opportunities, wider extra-curricular activities and our support services. This is co-delivered by MDXworks employment advisors and Student Learning Advisors.
Work opportunities within the University
In February 2017, we became the 13th UK institution to join Unitemps. This franchise model offers students an on-campus recruitment agency dedicated to finding them paid, part-time work within their own university.
Unitemps has been a resounding success, providing over 102,000 hours of paid part-time work for students on campus. This equates to approximately £1.35m worth of hours billed and demonstrates how Unitemps provides invaluable work experience for our students and a unique opportunity for them to ‘earn while you learn’. Unitemps continues to support the recruitment and management of specific student groups including over 350 Student Learning Advisors and the MDXSU Community Placement scheme.
Unitemps MDX is moving into a new phase as it extends the recruitment offer beyond the campus and out to the local London Borough of Barnet. This will not only increase the work experience opportunities for our students but also offers further opportunities for the University to work with local business and organisations.
Employability support for life
The on-campus space in the College building is a student- centred drop-in zone where students receive support with developing their employability skills and career development. Following a review of the service in line with the strategic objectives of the University, we have substantially increased the on-campus capacity to deliver tailored one-to-one employability support and extended our outreach to local and national employer networks. We have also developed a tailored and specific programme of support for early years alumni. All Middlesex alumni continue to have access to online support and advice for life via the interactive
mdxworks.com portal.
MDXworks helped me find a placement during my final year of studies. The team was very responsive and their personal approach made me feel like they cared about my success. I would definitely recommend the service to everyone who
wants to develop their career. Ineza Grabowska
BA Music Business and Arts Management graduate 28 Middlesex University
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