Middlesex University
| Middlesex University | |
| Established | 1973 (became university 1992) |
| Chancellor | Lord Sheppard of Didgemere |
| Vice-Chancellor | Michael Driscoll |
| Location | London (North) |
| Students | 22,000 total (2004) |
| Staff | 2,300 |
| League Table | 19th (Guardian) |
| Homepage | www.mdx.ac.uk |
Middlesex University is a university in North London, England.
The institution was created as Middlesex Polytechnic in 1973 by the amalgamation of three smaller higher education establishments, dating back as far as 1878. In 1992, all British polytechnics were upgraded to universities and the insitution was therefore renamed Middlesex University.
The University is spread across 5 sites and is colloquially known as the 'University of the North Circular' due to their locations near to the major ring road. The five sites are: Tottenham (humanities and cultural studies, business studies, law, sociology, women's studies), Hendon (Middlesex University Business School and computing science), Enfield (social sciences), Cat Hill (art and design, cinematics and electronic arts) and Trent Park (performing arts, teacher education, product design and engineering, biological science). Additionally, the School of Health and Social Sciences occupies the Archway and Hospitals campuses operating from four sites at the Royal Free Hospital, Whittington (jointly owned and in development with University College London), Chase Farm and North Middlesex hospitals.
Some of the campuses are important architecturally, especially Trent Park, a palatial mansion set in a 4 km² country park. The Cat Hill Campus also houses MoDA, the University's Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture.
Middlesex University has an extremely diverse student body, over 20,000 strong, with a large proportion of overseas students. It has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Further and Higher Education three times, and has been named as one of Britain's Top 20 Universities in the 2004 Guardian University League Tables.
Famous alumni
Famous alumni include:
- Gladys Asmah, Minister for Women and Children's Affairs, Ghana
- Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret
- Fiona McAuslan and Matt Norman, Authors "The Rough Guide"
- Rod Birtles, General Manager, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
- Baroness Blackstone, Minister for Education (1997-2001), Minister for Arts (2001-2003), (Labour Peer)
- Martin Booth, Novelist
- Langlands and Bell, Artists
- Christine Butler, MP (Labour)
- Ally Capellino, Designer
- Lord Davies of Oldham, (Labour Peer)
- Mike Gapes, MP (Labour)
- Roger Glover, Musician (Deep Purple)
- Tom Nairn, theorist on nationalism and political activist
- Nick Harvey, MP (Liberal Democrats)
- James Herbert, Novelist
- Kim Howells, MP (Labour)
- Allen Jones, Artist
- Anish Kapoor, Sculptor
- Peter J. King, Philosoper
- Suzannah Olivier, Nutritionist
- Peter Polycarpou, Actor
- Steve Sinnott, general secretary, National Union of Teachers
- Holly Slater, Jazz Musician
- Trevor Sutton, Artist
- Karen Thomson, chief executive of AOL UK
- Johnny Vegas, comedien
- Yasmin Yusuf, Designer & Director (Marks & Spencer)
- Dayantha Wijeyesekera, Vice-chancellor, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- Vivienne Westwood, Fashion Guru
Notable Professors
- Michael Driscoll (Economist)
- Ed Gallagher (Environmental Studies)
- John Redwood (Management)
- David Turner (Computing Science)
- Roman Belavkin (Computing Science)
- Dan Cohn-Sherbok (Theology)