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==== Trent Park ==== [[File:Trent Park House - geograph.org.uk - 71113.jpg|thumb|Mansion at Trent Park]] [[Trent Park]] campus was closed in 2012 and all departments were moved to the main campus in Hendon. The campus was set within a {{convert|413|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[country park]], which was originally a fourteenth-century hunting ground of [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]]. The focus of the campus was a palatial mansion, designed by [[Sir William Chambers]] in the 18th century. After the [[Second World War]], the [[Ministry of Education (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Education]] used the house as an emergency teacher training centre, which became a residential teacher training college, called Trent Park College of Education in 1951.<ref name="TrentParkEn">{{cite web|url=http://www.enfield.gov.uk/info/1000000439/enfield_parks/986/trent_country_park/5 |title=Trent Park |publisher=Enfield Council |access-date=23 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201180620/http://www.enfield.gov.uk/info/1000000439/enfield_parks/986/trent_country_park/5 |archive-date=1 February 2014 }}</ref> In 1974 the college was incorporated into Middlesex Polytechnic. In 2012 around 16% of Middlesex students were based at Trent Park campus. The university's Summer School, which accounts for 0.2% of Middlesex students, also took place here.<ref name="FFMUHM">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/newsevents/factsandfigures.asp#campus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915181149/http://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/newsevents/factsandfigures.asp|archive-date=15 September 2009|title=Facts and Figures|publisher=Middlesex University|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref> The university had ambitious plans to redevelop the site, but they were twice rejected by [[London Borough of Enfield|Enfield]] Council on environmental concerns.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/4082904.Students_under_one_roof|title=Students under one roof|first=Kevin|last=Bradford|work=Enfield Independent|date=28 January 2009|access-date=22 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/9509631.Greek_free_school_bids_to_use_Trent_Park_university_buildings/|title=Greek free school bids to use Trent Park Middlesex University buildings|first=David|last=Hardiman|work=Enfield Independent|date=2 February 2012|access-date=22 January 2014}}</ref> The Trent Park site was purchased by a developer who received the necessary permits in October 2017 to build 262 residential units.<ref>https://friendsoftrentcountrypark.org.uk/about-trent-park/trent-park-mansion-the-future/, Trent Park Mansion β The Future</ref> The university campus buildings were removed prior to the development.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purcelluk.com/news/trent-park-historic-estate-transforming-into-residential-community |title=Trent Park Historic Estate Transforming into Residential Community |date=1 March 2016 |publisher=Purcell |access-date=3 August 2019 }}</ref> '''Subject focus:''' Dance, drama and performing arts, English language and literature, media, culture and communication, music, theatre arts, languages and translation studies, product design, Teaching and education.<ref name="TrentPark">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdx.ac.uk/campus/campuses/tp/index.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406072532/http://www.mdx.ac.uk/campus/campuses/tp/index.asp|archive-date=6 April 2009|title=Trent Park|publisher=Middlesex University|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref> It was also home to the Flood Hazard Research Centre, which moved there when Enfield campus closed in July 2008. The Flood Hazard Research Centre is still part of Middlesex University but is now based at North London Business Park in New Southgate.
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