Middlesex University-any good?

Ok so I've gotten an offer to study at Middlesex for a four year sandwich business studies degree and I'd like to hear from someone who's studied there or who knows a bit about the Uni.

It was rated pretty low in the last edition of the Guardian league tables, but it was in the top 20 of UK universities in the 2004 edition.

How is the teaching? I noticed that the 2003 institutional audit by the Quality Assurance Agency gave Middlesex the highest rating possible.

How is the student life?

How is the Hendon campus?(that's where I'll be studying)

How are the chances of getting work after completion?

Hope some of you can help me out. I'm an international student so I don't know much about UK uni's.

Reply 1

Dj Nastie

its rubbish, i come from middlesex and the uni is crap, dont get there.

Reply 2

mangomaz

14

Hmmm... its generally not that respected although I dont know about your particluar subject.. And no way is it a top 20 UK uni where did u get those stats? I would have thought more bottom 20.

Yes and I'm from around there and theres not much to do at all. Its in the London suburbs so not too exciting.

Reply 3

G_H_G

It is no where near the top 20, in any rankings. And dont trust the guardian rankings anyway. My advice would be, dont go there.

Reply 4

belle_27

14

Not a great university, I don't think the job prospects afterwards would be good. Also, the Guardian league tables are a bit dodgy as they include a factor called 'inclusiveness' for some reason, which messes them up a bit. For example, SOAS comes in at no.6 but it definitely isn't THAT good. SOAS is great for the things it specialises in but it doesn't deserve to be ranked that highly.

I find the Times to be a bit more objective but still League tables aren't a great indication of who is good and who isn't. Though the subject tables are good, maybe look at the business ones, though they only rank up to no.20 i think.

Reply 5

Matt Murdock

OP

belle_27

Not a great university, I don't think the job prospects afterwards would be good. Also, the Guardian league tables are a bit dodgy as they include a factor called 'inclusiveness' for some reason, which messes them up a bit. For example, SOAS comes in at no.6 but it definitely isn't THAT good. SOAS is great for the things it specialises in but it doesn't deserve to be ranked that highly.

I find the Times to be a bit more objective but still League tables aren't a great indication of who is good and who isn't. Though the subject tables are good, maybe look at the business ones, though they only rank up to no.20 i think.

But if the teaching is good, how can it be a bad university?

Reply 6

G_H_G

Matt Murdock

But if the teaching is good, how can it be a bad university?

The teaching is good according to whom?

Reply 7

AT82

Teaching ratings are also not very reliable, ask PQ she will explain the problems with it. The research score is good for sussing out how good a department is, often research funding means that under graduate students have access to really expensive stuff. We had access to labs designed for PhD students for example as it was a 5* department.

The Times has a good link which tells you how much graduates are likely to earn from each university, use that along with employment stastics it may give you a better idea than some random league table.

Reply 8

Matt Murdock

OP

G_H_G

The teaching is good according to whom?

The Quality Assurance Agency. I think it's a UK government organisation.

Reply 9

Sian01

12

One of my best friends goes there and she absolutely loves it. :smile:

Reply 10

mangomaz

14

Matt Murdock

But if the teaching is good, how can it be a bad university?

Its just not that respected as a university. I dont know how to explain this....

Reply 11

AT82

Ignore all this snobbery lark, if it has good facilities, good employment prospects etc then go for it. Happiness is more important than the need to go to a 'traditional' university.

Reply 12

mangomaz

14

Yeah but its not snobbery! Middlesex uni has been on my doorstep my whole life and generally the people that go there are either mature students wanting qualifications or normal students who dont really have any a levels...

It does depend what kind of job you want to go into and what your grades are like anyway.

Reply 13

AT82

Exactly without knowing any facts it is impossible to say. For a vast majority of subjects there probably is better universities but I am sure even Middlesex has some gems.

Reply 14

Revenged

15

Dj Nastie

its rubbish, i come from middlesex and the uni is crap, dont get there.

Reply 15

Beekeeper

13

I had never heard of Middlesex uni up until a few months ago... :confused:

Reply 16

banksy

1

Matt Murdock

How is the Hendon campus?(that's where I'll be studying)

I used to go to St Mary's CE Secondary School right up the hill from the Hendon campus, they've recently undergone an amazing reconstruction. Though the new building looks nice, it's essentially (like the rest of the university) a big cornershop; FULL of mature foreign students.

Reply 17

mangomaz

14

banksy

I used to go to St Mary's CE Secondary School right up the hill from the Hendon campus, they've recently undergone an amazing reconstruction. Though the new building looks nice, it's essentially (like the rest of the university) a big cornershop; FULL of mature foreign students.

Ah cool no way I went to Hendon! Should I threaten to beat you up maybe? I'm sure thats what a lot of people did...
*memories of "theres gonna be a fight after school today with st mary's!!!!!!!"*