By Anninditha Menon TW: Eating disorders, body image, dieting We live in the age of social media, photoshop-obsessed influencers, fast fashion, and unrealistic beauty standards. These beauty trends, which change every minute is designed to make us feel insecure about our bodies. You’re never enough…
By Sheldon Lobo Content warning: contains emotionally distressing content and mentions of suicide. I can’t believe the university made me do this. The disbelief stirred my being to its very core. I wiped tears from my eyes as I looked at the fingerprint-stained mirror. A…
Middlesex University Dubai’s Wellness Office is proud to offer mdxMindset Talks: monthly wellness talks starting in October 2022. Please join us in conversation with students, staff, industry professionals, and the wider community about mental health and wellness topics affecting our society. Why mdxMindset Talks? Conversations…
mdxMindset asked students what mental health means to them, and what the most pressing issues in wellness are today. Their responses reflect issues that affect not only students and certain age groups, but also the concerns we should be giving attention to at different levels…
September is always an exciting time. The changing of seasons, the build up to the start of term and then the influx of new plus familiar faces at Middlesex Dubai. Working as the Librarian for the past 6 years, I have seen the gamut of…
I was – and continue to be- really excited about the return to class for the new term. I was first to the first in-person all-staff Teaching and Learning session since the pandemic started, arriving at least an hour early. So I’m really sorry that…