Financial Statements 2018/19


Employability Award winning employability support


MDXworks is our dedicated careers and employability service. We offer a wide range of placements, projects and programmes to support our diverse student population at every stage of their journey. Everything we do is designed to encourage personal development, enrich the student experience, and ultimately empower people to be their most employable. We are proud to have been shortlisted for University of the Year at the UK Social Mobility Awards for our work.


Our campus employment agency, Unitemps, won the ‘Franchise Award for the Most Compliant University’ in 2019. The award recognises that Unitemps, which employs Middlesex students to do over 200,000 hours of work on campus, had no compliance issues over the year. 12,500 Middlesex students and recent graduates are currently registered to view our online jobs board. We have more than 9,000 followers across our employability social media channels.


New employability initiatives


MyMentor: This scheme creates opportunities for our current students to work with, and learn from, our extraordinary alumni. Following a pilot in 2018/19, we will be rolling this out to alumni and partners who work across a range of sectors and industries.


Emerging Professional Programme: These online and face-to-face activities help students develop the skills and attributes employers want and need. Programmes for first year students include supporting students to research career opportunities for graduates in their disciplines. Second year students are supported to develop networking opportunities and skills. For third year students, there is a series of interactive workshops and tailored one-to-one support, including psychometric testing and job search tools.


MDX=: This suite of programmes has been designed specifically to support students from all ethnic and socio- economic backgrounds, as well as those with disabilities


and mental health problems. We work in partnership with a range of organisations, drawing on their expertise and experience. For example, in 2019 we collaborated with Elevation Networks, a 3,000-strong Afro-Caribbean alumni network to deliver a leadership programme to students from black and minority ethnic backgrounds.


Ongoing programmes and services We continue to run our successful programmes, including:


MDXcelerator: A University-wide programme of progressive support, activities, mentoring and incubation for student start-up businesses. It encourages students studying any subject to take their business ideas the next level, with pitching opportunities to secure seed-funding, and tailored support at every step.


SLA – Get Involved: A series of workshops to inspire first year students, co-delivered by MDXworks employment advisors and Student Learning Assistants.


MDXcel: Acts as an in-house creative agency, offering project- based learning. Students collaborate to create innovative solutions for national and local businesses and organisations, while developing real-world experience.


We also host regular careers fairs, industry panels, talks and events, as well as Q&A panels, taster days and networking events for students and employers. In 2018, over 600 Middlesex students attended our graduate careers festival ‘Gradstock’, which received support from KPMG, the Ministry of Justice, IKEA, the Royal Navy, Urban Outfitters and Hilton Hotels. Employers from across a range of industries exhibited, gave talks and networked with our students.


above: Gradstock 2018 28 Middlesex University


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