Master of Arts in Theatre Arts

at Middlesex University London United Kingdom

You will learn the principles of the English legal system, and gain reflection through social, political, economic, ethical and historical perspectives. You will also build a range of transferable skills, including abstract thinking and problem solving, that will allow you to prepare practically as well as academically for a successful legal career.

In light of COVID19 and the need to prioritise a safe academic community, we shall be offering a blended learning model that will involve online teaching and learning delivered by our expert academics, until it is safe to start face-to-face teaching. All such decisions will be made in line with Government advice.

Build your hands-on experience while developing your legal skills

• After you have completed your year one modules, you will have the option to transfer to year two of the LLB, which, on completion will lead to the academic and vocational training required to become a fully qualified solicitor or barrister in England and Wales.
• You will have use of original council chambers in Hendon Town Hall, featuring a judge's bench and public gallery for mooting and lectures.
• Work-based and skills-based modules will allow you to gain practical, hands-on experience, and employability skills in both legal and non-legal environments.
• You will get plenty of support from tutors, including highly trained solicitors and barristers who bring vast experience in a variety of legal settings to help shape your studies and enhance your areas of interest and expertise.

Gain the practical training and project experience to become an accomplished Mechatronics engineer – a multi-disciplinary designer at the forefront of the manufacturing and production revolution.

Mechatronics at Middlesex is available as either a three-year Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) and a four-year Master of Engineering (MEng).

The degrees produce professional and competent multi-disciplinary engineers capable of meeting the challenges and opportunities arising in contemporary industrial and commercial practice. You will focus on developing systems that control physical motion such as those found in robotic applications and industrial automation, using the latest industry hardware and software equipped in our labs and workshops.

To support your career success, you will build a professional portfolio of work throughout your degree and receive regular guest lectures and project feedback from industry professionals, with the option of spending a year on industry placement.

Course highlights

• You will be encouraged to enter prestigious design engineering competitions to enhance their experience and career prospects
• Our dedicated facilities in the new Ritterman Building open in Autumn 2016 and are equipped with industry standard equipment in electronics, mechatronics, robotics and networking solutions
• All the essential software needed to study the course is provided, including STEP-7, LabVIEW and SolidWorks
• A year-long work placement is available as part of the course
• You will extend your industry knowledge through our series of weekly guest lectures delivered by some of the UKs leading design experts and companies
• If you apply for our four-year MEng course you will gain a masters qualification as soon as you successfully complete your undergraduate degree
• Whichever pathway you choose, you can change to another after your first year. You can also change onto the main Design Engineering pathway after your second year if desired
• As a student of this course you'll receive a free electronic textbook for every module.

Our course gives you the tools, insight and hands-on experience to succeed in the diverse and dynamic field of international politics.

International politics has never been so relevant to our daily lives, which means that our BA in International Politics and Law will open up opportunities in all areas of this diverse and dynamic field, from public service, and international relations to regional organisations, NGOs, diplomacy, the media, and everything in between.

Combining political theory and international relations with legal perspectives, you’ll develop your legal skills, enhance your critical and analytical thinking, and learn the political concepts and analytical tools that will help you advance your career in the increasingly complex field of global politics, international law and governance. You’ll study the key aspects of law and enhance your knowledge of European and Middle Eastern geopolitics, international political economy, migration and human rights.

You'll be taught by people who are actively engaged in NGOs, International and European Organisations, as well as think tanks. Your tutors work with Parliament on policy issues, the UN on sustainability, in the middle-east on conflict and post-conflict issues and a host of other important issues and policies.

Build your political and legal skills with hands-on experience

• You’ll be part of one of the most culturally and socially diverse universities in the UK, exposing you to a wide range of new experiences and points of view. You'll also get plenty of support from academic staff who are actively engaged in cutting-edge research and advanced political study.
• Whether you want to focus on a politics degree or explore international relations, economics or law, you’ll have the flexibility to choose from a wide range of specialist courses that will help shape your future career aspirations.
• You’ll gain transferable skills through experiential learning and direct participation in real-world political activities. Many of the modules are run with a focus on case studies so you can gain experience through studying real-life cases.

Our course will give you a broad understanding of international political systems, economics and international law while enabling you to carefully consider the ever-evolving international context for maximum relevance.

You’ll learn the different international legal, political, and economic perspectives to enhance your critical and analytical ability, and develop your policy analysis skills.

You’ll also get plenty of support from teaching staff who are actively engaged in research on human rights, gender, and environmental issues. Many of our academics have used their research to influence on-going policy processes, including the United Nations international frameworks.

Build the skills you need to succeed in your career

As a politics, economics and law undergraduate, you’ll be part of one of the most culturally and socially diverse universities in the UK, with plenty of opportunities for experiential learning and career development through staff and student led activities. Our course opens career opportunities at embassies, the Foreign Office, diplomatic missions, and human rights advocacy centres.

Our course will not only enhance your critical and analytical skills, but will also give you the opportunity to develop specialist in-depth knowledge of an international policy of interest to you.

Crucial to the success of any organisation, financial management is an exciting discipline with complex challenges and far-reaching effects in today's global business world. Its importance lies in the constant need for evermore effective management of funds to enable organisations to realise their potential and achieve their goals. Only with efficient financial management can a business truly survive and grow in a sustainable way.

Combining an in depth theoretical understanding and essential skills training, you can expect to learn the advanced concepts behind financial management, from corporate governance to data analysis, and the practical ways in which this knowledge can be applied within your chosen profession. Our approach is to arm you with theories and methods that are used by real businesses worldwide, enhancing your appeal to future employers who look for graduates with practical know-how as well as academic qualifications.

Our academic body is made up of researchers and practitioner who teach you the essential topics such as how to interpret and critically evaluate financial statements, and relate it back to the practicalities of the profession, such as how to apply decision-making skills to complex financial situations. In a highly student focused Accounting and Finance department the support you receive will enable you to graduate with the confidence and capability to pursue senior financial positions at a variety of stimulating organisations.

Course Highlights

• International focus within modules to enable you to think globally and increase your career opportunities worldwide when you graduate
• Learning from academics with research backgrounds in areas such as corporate governance, financial markets and market microstructure, as well as practitioner experience with organisations such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and Speciality Retail Group
• Strong emphasis on how to apply financial and accounting skills to the practice of financial management in real-world situations
• Training in specialist industry standard databases systems such as Bloomberg and Datastream, as well as software packages including IBM SPSS

The Foundation Year in Business is taught by the same lecturing staff who teach on our degree courses and you are taught in small group seminars, workshops and lectures. You will be able to develop transferable skills in business, communication and problem-solving.

BA Business Management (Marketing)

This course is ideal for those who are interested in how businesses are operated and managed, but who also want to develop their own marketing expertise.

Through workshops, role-plays, problem solving exercises and analysing case studies, you'll learn to communicate your ideas and help to sell your products and services to customers. You’ll also study the key business functions that organisations require for success.

In terms of your career after your graduate, a BA in Business Management with a focus on marketing opens up a broad career path. The skills you'll develop are needed across almost every business and governmental sector, as well as third party organisations.

In today’s global business environment the success of a business is increasingly determined by the speed and efficiency of its supply chains. To compete in this fast moving global marketplace organisations demand employees that have both a broad understanding of how businesses operate and specialist knowledge of supply chain processes.

Course highlights

• Learn from academics who have research expertise in areas including supply chain forecasting, scheduling theory and operations management, as well as having worked in sectors such as FMCG and software programming
• You will have access to cutting-edge business resources including the Chartered Management Institute's Management Direct Resource Hub
• You can become a student member of the Chartered Management Institute and a full member upon graduation.
• As a student of this course you'll receive a free electronic textbook for every module.

Understand how education shapes the development of younger children with our BA in Early Childhood Studies. We know that as someone holding an offer with us at Middlesex, you’re probably wondering about our plans for teaching and learning in the autumn. We’re delighted to tell you that our Education Studies and Early Childhood Studies Programmes are running this September and we’re putting everything in place so you can make a successful start to your studies. For your first term, we're planning to teach you through a mix of online or virtual and face to face methods. This means we can keep everyone safe until we are able to return to the campus.

This course has been specifically designed to make young children the focus. We think it’s important to understand how an increasingly global world impacts early childhood development and education. That’s why on this course you'll gain knowledge from interconnected disciplines including sociology, psychology, law, health, and management. Our highly experienced tutors will help you to learn, understand, and apply the material from this course.BA in Early Childhood Studies can lead to a career in education, childhood development, children’s charities, and many more. Graduates have found careers as teaching assistants, child development officers and more.

Gain essential technical skills while we prepare you for a stimulating career in the fashion industry, whether you want to be a designer, maker, stylist, or photographer. As well as technique, we will equip you with the confidence and independence you need to engage with the fashion world and move forward in your fashion education with us at Middlesex.

Course Highlights

• Gain essential technical skills while we prepare you for a stimulating career in the fashion industry
• Build the confidence and independence you need to engage with the fashion world and move forward in your fashion education
• Benefit from a blended approach learning including a combination of online learning and access to our excellent studios and facilities at our Hendon campus
• Learn from expert tutors that cover extensive knowledge and experience

You enrol on a four-year course, which includes the one-year foundation course. If you complete this year successfully you progress directly onto our three-year media degree courses listed below. The number of students who progress to degree study are very high - in fact some of these students have gone on to become some of our most successful graduates.

BA Film

This BA has been designed to get you into the diverse film industry, bringing together both theoretical and practical learning.

You’ll be following in the footsteps of a long list of decorated alumni, the likes of which have gone on to work on the latest Star Wars productions, for Disney, the BBC, set up their own companies and continued their studies at the National Film and Television School.