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==== London: Hendon ==== [[File:Middlesex University Hendon Campus.jpg|thumb|The College Building at Hendon]] The Hendon campus is located in [[North London|north-west London]], near [[Hendon Central]] Underground station.<ref name="Hendon">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdx.ac.uk/aboutus/Strategy/estate_strategy/campus/index.aspx|title=Campus development|publisher=Middlesex University|access-date=22 January 2014}}</ref> Its main College Building was built in the [[Neo-Georgian style (Great Britain)|neo-Georgian style]] by H.W. Burchett and opened in 1939 as part of Hendon Technical Institute. This was extended in 1955 and in 1969 when a new refectory and engineering block were added, and later expanded using a number of [[London Borough of Barnet]] office buildings including the current Town Hall and Library. [[File:The Sheppard Library.jpg|thumb|The Sheppard Library|alt=]] Over Β£200m has been invested to transform the university's Hendon site into one of London's biggest campuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mdx.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0034/284992/MDX440_Financial-Statement-2016_FINAL.pdf|title=Middlesex Financial Statements 2015/16}}</ref> The main College Building was refurbished in a Β£40 million project which included the addition of a glass-covered central courtyard forming Ricketts [[Quadrangle (architecture)|Quadrangle]]. In 2004, the new Learning Resource Centre, the Sheppard Library, opened to offer 24/7 access to over 1,000 study areas and specialist facilities including a Financial Markets Suite, Law Wing, and Teaching Resources Room. The Ritterman Building is one of Middlesex University's newest development, and was opened in February 2017. It provides over 3,300 square metres of additional teaching space for both the Faculty of Science and Technology, and the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, and is home to the UK's first 'Cyber Factory'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdx.ac.uk/news/2017/02/first-uk-cyber-factory-training-facility-installed-at-middlesex-university|title=First UK Cyber Factory training facility installed at Middlesex University {{!}} Middlesex University London|website=www.mdx.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref> Its design incorporates sustainable technologies including solar panels, a bio-diverse green roof, and living walls irrigated by rainwater harvesting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bprarchitects.com/portfolio/69/middlesex-university-ritterman-building|title=Middlesex University β Ritterman Building β bpr architects|website=www.bprarchitects.com|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref> Other specialist facilities include bioscience and biomedical science laboratories, nursing and midwifery simulation labs. The Hendon campus has a number of sports facilities, including a fitness studio, 7-a-side football pitches, floodlit outdoor courts (MACS), a bouldering wall, and one of the few [[Real tennis|real tennis courts]] in the UK. In October 2013, the university opened a new sports science facility at [[Barnet Copthall|Allianz Park]] (the new stadium of [[Saracens F.C.|Saracens Rugby Club]]) in Hendon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mdx.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/Sport/index.aspx|title=Sport|publisher=Middlesex University|access-date=26 January 2014}}</ref> The refurbished university gym, Fitness Pod, opened in 2017 to offer gym and leisure facilities to students, staff and the local community.
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