Pirkko Harvey, Centre Director, National Centre for Project Management based at Middlesex University
Status of establishment
University
Date founded
Middlesex University was founded in 1992; previously Middlesex Polytechnic (founded 1973), itself a conglomeration of north London colleges dating back to the 1880s.
Head/principal directors
Professor Darren Dalcher, Head of National Centre for Project Management,
Dr Thomas Docker, Chairman, CITI Ltd
Staff/student ratio
1:4
Number of full-time employees/academic staff
1800
Numbers of students, full-time
n/a
and part-time
30
Proportion of female staff (%)
66%
and of female students(%)
18%
Proportion of overseas students (%)
-
Proportion of MSc students: sponsored (%)
87%
self-funded (%)
13%
Typical course costs
Part time MSc in Managing Major Projects and Programmes, £12,850 (exc VAT) - studied over two years
Profile
The National Centre for Project Management, based at Middlesex University, is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence promoting project management as a major discipline. The centre is headed by Professor Darren Dalcher, one of the Association for Project Management's top 10 'movers and shapers' for 2008 and Project Management magazine's 'Academic of the Year'.
The MSc is designed and delivered in collaboration with CITI (APM - accredited training provider), which has been a leading commercial provider of advanced project and programme management development and support since 1989. CITI tutors are dedicated practitioners of project management and are all qualified project or programme managers with a minimum of ten years' experience in the field.
Areas of specialisation
The MSc in Managing Major Projects and Programmes is suitable for experienced project and programme managers working in any industry and addresses the increasing need for highly capable project and programme managers who will become the leading project professionals in their organisations.
Recent clients
Our students come from all sectors: business, finance, education, health, computing and the arts and we work with major companies including Norwich Union, Natwest, BT, the Home Office, Shell, HBOS, Abbey National, East of England Development Agency, Morgan Stanley, Britannia Building Society, Eurostar Williams Lea, Fujitsu, HSBC and the National Trust. The course is delivered using seminars, personal coaching and written, work based assignments.