Financial Statements 2019/2020


New online resources


To improve our resources for students and graduates, we partnered with recruitment website JobTeaser. A range of new content includes personalised job and event notifications, and access to over 5,000 employers globally. We also launched mdx.studentcircus.com – a new portal for international students, offering visa guidance and a range of placements, internships and graduate opportunities. Our students now have free access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers video courses to help them develop business, technology-related and creative skills.


We developed a WhatsApp Student Community Group which connects our Student Ambassadors, Student Learning Assistants and student groups across the University. This enabled students who had not considered reaching out to the traditional adviser support offered by MDXworks to access other support and guidance services – mental health, wellbeing and financial support – that collectively help build confidence, resilience and aspiration.


In 2019, over 800 Middlesex students attended our graduate careers festival, Gradstock, which received support from such employers as Warner Bros, the Civil Service, and Microsoft. Employers from across a range of industries exhibited, gave talks and networked with our students.


Ongoing programmes and services


— MDXadvantage: an intensive programme of activities for final year students offering, among others, alumni mentoring, assessment centre training, and tailored CV and LinkedIn support.


— Emerging Professional Programme: online and face to face activities helping students develop the skills employers need.


— MDXequals: a suite of programmes specifically designed to support students from all ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, and those with disabilities and mental health problems.


— MDXcelerator: a University-wide programme of progressive support, activities, mentoring, workshops and incubation for student start-up businesses. It encourages students studying any subject to take their business ideas to the next level, with pitching opportunities to secure seed-funding, and tailored support at every step. In 2020, Neuroscience student Aleksandr Sukhanov won £7,500 to invest in his business called WOA (Walking on Air) which produces rain boots from renewable-sourced material and 100% bio-degradable shoes.


— 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.


We also host regular careers fairs, industry panels, talks and events, as well as question and answer sessions with industry experts, taster days, and networking events for students and employers.


All our job support services went fully online at the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. We also offered online workshops – including the new industry insight sessions from employers such as the Ministry of Justice and tech start up WeSwap – and launched the Power Pitch Challenge. The challenge involved creating a 30-60 second video to convince the person watching they should hire you or buy your solution, providing a chance for students to practise their employability skills and compete for prizes. Following our gradual return to campus, these have been integrated in our ongoing services to ensure all our students and graduates have continuity of support.


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