Financial Statements 2019/2020


INVESTING IN OUR SPACES


We continued to invest in our learning spaces to benefit students and staff.


Gateway 2030 is an exciting programme that will modernise three perimeter buildings on our campus. It is a collaboration with London Borough of Barnet and we are jointly preparing a business case and planning application. The ambition is to create exciting new academic spaces and additional accommodation which has the potential to transform the campus experience.


Hendon-based Saracens Rugby Club are currently redeveloping West Stand to include a skills centre for our Sports Science and Nursing students. A difficult year for Saracens has meant the project has been delayed. Along with Barnet Council, we have supported Saracens and worked on finalising our designs for the centre, which is set to rival any in the UK.


Improving the student experience


At Middlesex University technology and innovation enable and enhance learning across a range of subjects. We remain committed to ensuring our students benefit from the most up-to-date teaching facilities – we pledged £1.3 million to replace our audiovisual equipment, which we have continued to do throughout 2019/20.


The University has continued to improve our network and telephone infrastructure through our Network Transformation Programme. We are currently in the process of a two-year programme to completely rebuild and replace our wired and wireless network. Once complete we will be one of the first universities to deploy Software Defined Networking (SDN), a paradigm shift in networking. This together with new equipment will provide higher performance characteristics, and improvements in security, flexibility and manageability. We also invested in much welcomed air conditioning for our music studios and we continued to invest in improving our student accommodation.


Looking ahead


A number of projects have been put on hold as we have prioritised investment and resources to reconfigure the campus and infrastructure to manage during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has included adapting spaces to increase the amount of teaching space available and reallocating investments to areas which allow staff and students to learn more effectively online.


Looking ahead we will be returning to some of the projects which have been put on hold including a renewal of MDX House, the main student meeting and entertainment space on campus, to improve the catering experience, as well as a renewal of Sheppard Library ground floor and the refitting of Fenella Building to accommodate new ways of working after COVID-19. In the longer term, Gateway 2030 and the West Stand offer the next generation of development. We are also working on plans for the development of accommodation at Platt Hall and Writtle House.


MDX Pavilion, which was shortlisted for a Guardian University Award in Teaching Excellence, will see further development next year. It will be used as a practice-based project for MSc Architectural Technology and a variety of other programmes.


above: MDXworks, our Employability service for students 56 Middlesex University


above: Real Tennis Court


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