Financial Statements 2019/2020


INFLUENCING POLICY AND CONTRIBUTING IN OUR LOCAL AREA


Influencing policy


Against a challenging backdrop of Brexit and the coronavirus outbreak, it is more important than ever that we continue to champion our students, staff and community. One way we have been doing this is by stepping up our policy and influencing work.


When Professor Nic Beech took over as Vice-Chancellor in February, he began meeting with local and national stakeholders. This included the Chief Executive of Barnet Council John Hooton. Their discussion focused on how we could strengthen collaboration between the University and the London Borough of Barnet. Our meeting with Michelle Donelan MP, Minister of State for Universities, allowed us to demonstrate how we support the interests of disadvantaged learners to enable them to fulfil their potential within society and what we need from Government to further support this. We developed and widely circulated a position paper in response to the Government’s recommendations in the Post-18 Education and Funding (Augar) report, focusing on our areas of interest, such as apprenticeships and flexible learning.


We have maintained our pressure on the Government and other decision-makers calling for continued support and funding for apprenticeships. Now more than ever our apprentices can play a key role in society’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Our work includes welcoming influential local MP and ex-Secretary of State, Theresa Villiers, who spent time with Nursing Associate apprentices in February, witnessing them in action at Barnet Hospital and learning more about their experiences. In June, Education Committee Chair and MP for Harlow Robert Halfon joined Theresa Villiers for a virtual roundtable with nine of our Nursing Associate apprentices and Police Constable degree apprentices.


We signed up for former Minister for Women and Equality Justine Greening’s Social Mobility Pledge to help level up opportunity across the UK and part of our work with them is to develop an insight report to raise the profile on issues faced by our diverse cohort of students, outline all of the work that we do to support our students and show how we support employers to diversify their workforce.


Our Summer and Winter Graduation events remain an opportunity for decision-makers to see the University and our students at their best. Last year’s Winter Graduation


above: Theresa Villiers MP with MDX Nursing Associate apprentices 46 Middlesex University


roundtable discussion with London and NHS stakeholders included guests from the Greater London Authority, NHS Trusts and British Chamber of Commerce, who met with graduands, Governors and staff.


Developing our future research policy


We have been raising the profile of our world-class research and making sure our voice is heard in policy making. We hosted a series of meetings with Research England to share our experience of delivering practice-based impactful research – and to make sure that we are feeding in to calls for research where we can excel. Our Vice-Chancellor is working with the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology on the role of technology in supporting social inclusion and ensuring modern universities’ perspectives shape policy.


Contributing in our community


Collaboration with the Mayor of Barnet, Cllr Caroline Stock, has been very important for Middlesex throughout 2019 and 2020, culminating in her appointment as our Pro Chancellor in July 2020. We hosted the Mayor’s Charity Supper Quiz which raised £5,000 and she led walks around the University as part of her Golden Kilometre challenge – a scheme aimed at getting primary school pupils fit by running or walking a kilometre a day. The Mayor of Morphou, Barnet’s twin town in Cyprus, visited the University in March, joining Councillor Stock at an exhibition we hosted about Morphou.


Pupils from 17 schools and families from around London came to our annual STEM Festival in March 2020. Interactive exhibits, games and showcases brought scientific concepts to life and emphasised public health messages in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. Hendon MP Matthew Offord and the Deputy Mayor of Barnet Cllr Lachhya Bahadur Gurung attended the festival and joined Vice-Chancellor Nic Beech for lunch.


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