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April 25, 2024, Early-Career Researcher's Forum
C207 11:00 -16:00
Network with colleagues from other Faculties and Services, and get involved with wider initiatives such as the British Academy Early Career Researcher Cluster Network. The programme will include an interactive session on ‘Demystifying Research Impact’, including practical tips to maximise and measure the impact of your research and knowledge exchange activities.
May 2, 2024, T3 Dialogue
C219 15:30 - 17:30
The second in the T3 Theme Dialogue series will explore what we mean by Knowledge Exchange and how we can best harness MDX talents to this endeavour.
How we can translate that into more effective impact?
Should this lead to more focussed research or is it a sufficient activity on its own?
If exchange is to be meaningful does it require a change of engagement practice by Universities?
Where does the expertise reside?
The Panel:
Prof. Carmel Clancy, Dean Health, Social Care and Education
Prof. Loraine Leeson, Professor of Art & Social Practice
Prof. Andy Bardill, Professor of Product Design & Engineering
Dr. Jenni Ward, Associate Professor in Criminology
Chair: Prof. Kurt Barling, Professor of Journalism & University Theme Director, Culture & Enterprise
May 15-16 2024, Knowledge into Action Lab
The KiA lab returns after its successful launch in summer 2023. A packed two-day programme will feature provocation briefs from Age UK Barnet and Clean Air Barnet, keynote speakers, interdisciplinary workshops and opportunities to meet and work with colleagues from across the university.
April 16, 2024, Transdisciplinary Practice in Action
Transdisciplinarity sounds like a lot of things and not anything at all. It can be a confusing term but it is an idea, a concept, that makes complete sense to those who are working in professional environments.
We spent an engaging and illuminating afternoon exploring these ideas – with the help of leading exponents from academia and industry.
March 18, 2024, Student Showcase
Celebrating our students’ and colleagues’ fantastic work: sparking interest, discussion and connection around the very notion of Knowledge in Action and the many forms it may take.
Counter don’t Cancel: Anti-misogyny work in schools
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Mdx Works: Employability and placements
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Citizens UK: Supporting asylum seekers
MDX Marketing: Free bus travel for asylum seekers
Video and Creative Methods Research Group
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MDX Iranian Society: Vida Baradarannia
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MDX Enactus: Social & environmental change through entrepreneurial action
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Kilburn Lab: Unearthing the peoples’ history of Kilburn
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SMASHfest: Our VR game, based on the live immersive show – ‘Space Plague’ https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLBCu6H
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Fresh Air Campus: Air quality action in Barnet
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Citizens Assembly: Citizens selected at random to make recommendations on issues
https://citizensassembly.co.uk/
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Posters in Parliament: Taking MDX innovation to Government
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Women in Stem: Computing group for female students and staff at Middlesex
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Women’s Engineering Society: Encouraging more women to pursue a STEM education
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Library Special Collections: The MDX collections of art and design
https://libguides.mdx.ac.uk/specialcolls
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Learning from Labour: Society for Research into Higher Education
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) address the global challenges we face, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, peace and justice. Our integrating themes have clear links to these important goals.
Middlesex is part of the SDG Accord which foregrounds the critical role that Higher Education has in delivering the SDGs and the value that our institutions bring to governments, business and wider society.
By taking action to make healthcare better for those who need it, we aim to reduce inequalities in people’s care. Beyond healthcare, we are improving physical, mental, and social health and wellbeing in all parts of society. We have brought together stories from colleagues across the university to show how our community is working towards a healthier future for everyone.
With the belief that entrepreneurship can be key to a fair and inclusive future, we foster skills for economic participation and success to build a more equal, caring, and prosperous society. We use culture and creativity to enrich the lives of individuals and communities, and we contribute to organisations of all types through impactful research and knowledge exchange.
More on Culture and Enterprise
Locally, nationally, and around the world, we support people to make their communities more sustainable and fairer and to protect the environment. Globally, our expertise influences economic, social, and environmental policy and practice, enabling us to create change within communities.
MDX Theme Directors oversee the development of activity across our the three integrating themes of our 2031 strategy
The project will comprise a series of research and activities with reception class children, including nature trails, arts-based making activities, discussion groups, and performances with an inter-generational focus. This cohort of children will be 21 in 2040, when Barnet aims to become a fully net-zero borough.
The focus of the activities with children will be on 'minibeasts’: microbial and insect life found in a variety of habitats, including the many green spaces in the borough. The project will emphasise how 'small things can make a big difference’, encouraging children, with their families and carers, to take personal responsibility for the environment that they share with even the smallest of creatures. And to contemplate how small lifestyle and behavioural changes can have profound implications for addressing climate issues locally.
An innovative project that leverages the expertise of Middlesex University in Midwifery, Applied Linguistics and Education. The primary objective is to develop an EAL syllabus tailored to empower ethnic minority women’s participation in ante-natal classes, thereby improving their understanding of crucial medical information.
The initial phase of the project involves creating a corpus of spoken and written English commonly used in ante-natal contexts between healthcare professionals and patients. Employing corpus linguistics analysis, we aim to identify prevalent language patterns used in discussing maternal health and pregnancy, thereby informing the design of the EAL syllabus.
Subsequent steps include the design, piloting and refinement of teaching materials based on the syllabus, ensuring their effectiveness and practicality. These materials will be used by midwifery students on community placements.
London Climate Action week is harnessing the power of London for global climate action. LCAW is the annual event bringing together world-leading climate professionals and communities across London and beyond to find practical solutions to climate change.
Founded in 2019, LCAW is the largest independent climate change event in Europe. LCAW is helping to shape our future into one that is net-zero, equitable and resilient. Rooted in our diverse, international city, LCAW uses its global perspective to spark climate action around the world. Come join us this year in harnessing the power of London for global climate action!
