Financial Statements 2019/2020


OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE (continued)


SUPPORTING SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES


Throughout the lockdown, we ran a series of interactive tailor-made livestreams designed to support school teachers, advisors and students.


Hosted by Middlesex experts, the sessions offered top tips on issues such as finances, studying and wellbeing – 118 students and 57 teachers and advisors attended.


Our Summer Success Camp was aimed at disadvantaged 11 to 14 year olds to help prevent them from falling behind in their studies. Alongside a range of educational organisations, we created lessons and livestreamed events themed around video game design to help fill knowledge gaps. The virtual camp was free to students from our partner schools and any student from a disadvantaged background.


OUR INTERNATIONAL CAMPUSES


The #TeamMDX spirit has been thriving on all four of our campuses. Dubai, Malta and Mauritius all adapted rapidly to online learning and homeworking for staff, with lectures and one-to-one sessions being held online from the end of March.


Dubai was the first campus to move teaching online and, in the first four weeks of distance learning, delivered 4,000 live sessions on GoToMeeting alone. Other platforms included Kaltura, Zoom and Adobe Connect. Live lectures have been supported by one-on-one consultation with lecturers, the Centre of Academic Studies (CAS) and the library. In Malta, students could arrange an individual visit to the library by appointment, with social distancing in place.


above: The Mayor of Barnet interviewed virtually colleagues who created PPE equipment for the NHS


Each Middlesex campus provided practical and emotional support to staff and students. In Mauritius, for example, a student support team set up a 24-hour hotline to support students with coronavirus-related issues. For international students who wanted to return home, the team acted as travel agents and the campus driver operated a shuttle to the airport. Basic food parcels were delivered to 52 students in need. The team also delivered laptops and liaised with landlords where necessary, to ensure students were assisted.


Our international campuses also dedicated time and resources to their local communities. Our lecturers, students and experts in Dubai created a special podcast broadcast on the popular Dubai Eye 103.8 radio show, showing how the pandemic has been affecting university students, from their studies to their future plans and their mental health. Dubai staff and students also contributed to a video showing appreciation for frontline workers. Our Malta campus donated their 3D printer to Malta’s General Hospital to help produce face shields for all nurses and doctors – a gesture which was greatly appreciated by the community.


Wider knowledge-sharing activity included the online Statistical Analysis of COVID-19 Data seminar, delivered by Professor of Economics Ajit Karnik. It addressed the statistical properties of the virus, information on confirmed cases, deaths and recoveries in Dubai and other countries.


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