University of Warwick
Motto:	Mens agitat molem "Mind over Matter"
Established:	1965
Type:	Public
Chancellor:	Sir Nicholas Scheele
Vice-Chancellor:	Prof Nigel Thrift
Staff:	4,871 incl. 1,128 academics and 707 researchers
Students:	30,320[1]
Undergraduates:	20,375[1]
Postgraduates:	9,940[1]
Location:	Coventry, UK
Affiliations:	1994 Group Russell Group AMBA EQUIS Universities UK
Website:	http://www.warwick.ac.uk/

The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England and is regarded as one of the country's leading universities. It was established in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand access to higher education, and in 2000 Warwick Medical School was opened as part of an initiative to train more doctors in Britain. In the last Research Assessment Exercise the University was the 5th highest-ranked research institution in the UK.^[2] Logo of the University of Warwick. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Sir Nicholas Scheele, BA Dur, Hon DBA Cov, Hon DUniv C.England, Hon DTech Lond, Hon LLD Liv, Hon DSc Warw, Hon DTech Lough, Hon DSc Cran, Hon RCM, Hon FIMechE, is the current Chancellor of the University of Warwick and formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ... Professor Nigel Thrift is the current Vice Chancellor of the University of Warwick and a leading academic in the field of human geography. ... This article is about work. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Degree ceremony at Cambridge. ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... The 1994 Group is a coalition of smaller research-intensive universities founded to defend their interests after the larger research-intensive universities founded the Russell Group. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... AMBA, the Association of MBAs, is a UK based organization that accredits Doctor of Business Administration, MBA and MSc in management programs of international business schools. ... Equis may refer to: European Quality Improvement System (or EQUIS) a school accreditation system without recognition from the US Department of Education or any foreign government oversight. ... Universities UK began life as the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom (CVCP) in the nineteenth century when there were informal meetings involving Vice-Chancellors of a number of universities and Principals of university colleges. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Image File history File links Univ_warwick_crest. ... A campus university is a British term for a University situated on one site - with student accommodation, teaching and research facilities, and leisure activities all together. ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... The County of West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a population of around 2,600,000 people. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The University of Warwick is a British campus university located on the outskirts of Coventry, West Midlands, England and is regarded as one of the countrys leading universities. ... The Warwick Medical School is unique in that it accepts applications only from those who hold a good (upper second and above) bioscience degree. ... The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is an exercise undertaken every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils (HEFCE, SHEFC, HEFCW, DELNI) to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions. ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Warwick had a reputation as a politically radical institution.^[3] More recently, the University has been seen as a favoured institution of the British New Labour government.^[4] Warwick was one of the first UK universities to develop close links with the business community, and has been successful in the commercialisation of research. This commercial approach has resulted in it being nicknamed "Warwick University Limited" (or, more recently, "Warwick University PLC").^[5] The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... The initials PLC after a UK or Irish company name indicate that it is a public limited company, a type of limited company whose shares may be offered for sale to the public. ...

Warwick is a member of both the Russell Group and the 1994 Group. The Russell Group of universities is a self-selected group of large research-led British universities; 18 of its 19 members are in the top 20 in terms of research funding. ... The 1994 Group is a coalition of smaller research-intensive universities founded to defend their interests after the larger research-intensive universities founded the Russell Group. ...

The University's coat of arms includes atoms of two isotopes of lithium, a DNA helix to represent science and also the Bear and Ragged Staff of Warwickshire and the Elephant and Castle of Coventry. The bear is not chained in the current depiction of the University's coat of arms, although it was in earlier versions and in the letters patent issued by the College of Arms.^[6] A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... For other uses, see Isotope (disambiguation). ... This article is about the chemical element. ... The structure of part of a DNA double helix Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is a nucleic acid molecule that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms. ... A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced // or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting an office, a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as... The entrance of the College of Arms. ...

History

Establishment

Warwick logo on University Road, The University of Warwick

The establishment of the University of Warwick was given approval by the government in 1961 and received its Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1965. Its creation was supported by University of Birmingham Vice-Chancellor Sir Robert Aitken who acted as 'Godfather to the University of Warwick'^[7] Central Campus contains all of the main student amenaties; All but one of the student halls and The Student Union. It also has Barclays Bank, Natwest Bank, HSBC Bank, a laundrette, and a pharmacy.. The initial plan was for a university college at Coventry attached to Birmingham but Aitken advised an independent initiative to the University Grants Committee. Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the ship of the same name, see Royal Charter (ship). ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Website http://www. ... Sir Robert Aitken (16 April 1901-10 April 1997) was a physician and university administrator from New Zealand. ...

It is situated on a large 2.8 km² campus which straddles the boundary between the City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire. There was some discussion between local sponsors from both the city and county over whether it should be named after Coventry or Warwickshire.^[8] The name "University of Warwick" was adopted, even though the county town of Warwick itself lies some 8 miles (13 km) to the southwest and Coventry city centre lies only 3.5 miles (5.5 km) northeast of the campus. A compromise was proposed by Geoffrey Templeman, Deputy Chairman of the university's Planning Committee, who subsequently became the first Vice-Chancellor of the university on the border between the City of Canterbury and the county of Kent which faced a similar naming dispute and adopted the name University of Kent at Canterbury.^[9] However, the name the 'University of Warwick at Coventry' was not adopted. The idea for a university in Coventry was mooted shortly after the conclusion of the Second World War but it was a bold and imaginative partnership of the City and the County which brought the University into being on a 400 acre site jointly granted by the two authorities.^[8] Since then, the University has incorporated the former Coventry College of Education in 1979 and has extended its land holdings by the purchase of adjoining farm land. The University also benefited from a substantial donation from the family of Jack Martin, which enabled the construction of the Warwick Arts Centre. For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... A detailed map Stratford-upon-Avon Kenilworth Castle Warwickshire (pronounced // or //) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ... Warwick (pronounced or War-ick (silent w in middle)) is the historic county town of Warwickshire in England and has a population of 25,434 (2001 census). ... Canterbury is a cathedral city in east Kent in South East England and is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Primate of All England, head of the Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion. ... For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation). ... Affiliations University Alliance Association of Commonwealth Universities European University Association Website http://www. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Jack Martin can refer to any of the following people: Jack Martin a former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League Jack Martin (guitarist) an American guitarist Jack Martin (cricketer) an English Test cricketer Jack Martin, P.I., a private investigator who claimed to have information on the assassination... Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. ...

Rapid growth

The University initially admitted a small intake of graduate students in 1964 and took its first 450 undergraduates in October 1965. The student population is 15,969 (April 2007 update),^[10] with around a third being postgraduates. 20% of the student body comes from overseas and over 114 countries are represented on the campus. The University has 29 academic departments and over 40 research centres and institutes, in four Faculties: Arts, Medicine, Science and Social Studies. There are 963 academic staff, 809 research staff, and 3149 support staff (April 2007 update).^[10]

Since its establishment Warwick has expanded its grounds to 721 acres (2.9 km²) with many modern buildings and academic facilities, lakes and woodlands. A recent survey by The Times resulted in the campus being voted the best in the UK by a national poll of university students. The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ...

Architecture and policy

The campus originally consisted of distinctive Modern (1960s) architecture, in deliberate contrast with the medieval, classical, or 'Red Brick' character of older Universities. The freedom given to academic departments combined with an aggressive and unapologetic commercial approach, both policies of the first Vice-Chancellor Lord Butterworth, were new innovations for UK Higher Education and have subsequently been copied by many other Universities. John Blackstocke Butterworth, CBE, DL, (March 13, 1918 - June 19, 2003), was a British lawyer. ...

Warwick is one of the few universities to reach its target for the proportion of state students admitted (86%). This may be due to the University's distinctive community policy and commitment to increasing access to higher education.

Chancellors

• William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, Chancellor-designate (died in December 1964 before taking office)
• Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1965–1977)
• Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman (1977–1989)
• Sir Shridath "Sonny" Ramphal (1989–2002)
• Sir Nicholas Scheele (2003–2008)

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Vice-Chancellors

• Lord Butterworth (1965–1985)
• Dr Clark L. Brundin (1985–1992)
• Professor Sir Brian K. Follett (1993–2001)
• Professor David VandeLinde (2001–2006)
• Professor Nigel Thrift (2006–present)

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Campuses

Map of The University of Warwick

Lake at the rear of Warwick Business School

The University of Warwick (52.381° N 1.562° W) is located in Coventry, 5 km (3 miles) southwest of the centre of the city, and not in Warwick as its name suggests. The University comprises three campuses, all in easy walking distance of the others: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1952, 2078 KB) Summary Warwick Campus River Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2576x1952, 2078 KB) Summary Warwick Campus River Licensing Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ... Warwick (pronounced or War-ick (silent w in middle)) is the historic county town of Warwickshire in England and has a population of 25,434 (2001 census). ...

• The Main Campus
• The Gibbet Hill Campus — home to Biological Sciences and Warwick Medical School
• The Westwood Campus — home to the Institute of Education, some postgraduate facilities and residences

In addition, other University properties include: It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with University of Warwick. ... The Warwick Medical School is unique in that it accepts applications only from those who hold a good (upper second and above) bioscience degree. ... Westwood campus is one of three campuses which are part of the University of Warwick (The other two being main-campus and Gibbet Hill). ...

• University of Warwick Science Park
• Clinical Sciences Building at University Hospital Coventry — part of the Warwick Medical School
• Warwick Horticulture Research International (HRI) Research & Conference Centre, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire
• Warwick Horticulture Research International (HRI) Research Centre, Kirton, Lincolnshire
• 3 Carlton House Terrace, Central London — The University's offices in London, close to Trafalgar Square and overlooking the Mall and St James's Park

Residences

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Academic standards

Research

The University was ranked fifth for quality of research out of 124 of the institutions which took part in the UK Funding Councils' 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.[1] Over 91% of the University's academic staff are located in departments with top research ratings of 5 or 5*.^{[citation needed]} Warwick is particularly renowned for its research in business and management, economics, international relations (which operates the largest centre for globalisation and regionalisation in Europe), mathematics, statistics, english language and literature, and theatre studies in which it received top ratings of 5* in the Research Assessment Exercise. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom which distributes funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since 1992. ... This article is about the year. ... The Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) is an exercise undertaken every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils (HEFCE, SHEFC, HEFCW, DELNI) to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions. ... In economics, a business is a legally-recognized organizational entity existing within an economically free country designed to sell goods and/or services to consumers, usually in an effort to generate profit. ... For other uses, see Management (disambiguation). ... Face-to-face trading interactions on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor. ... Foreign affairs redirects here. ... Globalization is a term used to describe the changes in societies and the world economy that are the result of dramatically increased trade and cultural exchange. ... politics (or low politics), regionalisation is a process of dividing a political entity — typically a country — into smaller regions, and transferring power from the central government to the regions. ... For other meanings of mathematics or uses of math and maths, see Mathematics (disambiguation) and Math (disambiguation). ... This article is about the field of statistics. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For other uses, see Literature (disambiguation). ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ...

Rankings

Warwick is consistently well placed in rankings of UK universities. In 2009, the Good University Guide ranked it 5th overall in the UK, below Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and Imperial College whilst The Guardian University Guide placed it 4th overall behind the first three mentioned. It has been successful in other rankings such as the The Sunday Times University Guide (7th place overall in 2007) and The Times Good University Guide (7th place overall in 2008). According to The Sunday Times' University Guide 2006, Warwick is the fifth hardest university in the UK to gain entry into with about ten applicants for every place.^{[citation needed]} The majority of its subjects are consistently in the top ten in subject wise rankings.^{[citation needed]} The University of Oxford (informally Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the most prestigious universities in the world. ... Mascot: Beaver Affiliations: University of London Russell Group EUA ACU CEMS APSIA Universities UK U8 Golden Triangle G5 Group Website: http://www. ... Affiliations Russell Group Association of MBAs IDEA League Association of Commonwealth Universities Golden Triangle Oak Ridge Associated Universities Nobel laureates 14 Website http://www. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ... For other uses, see The Sunday Times (disambiguation). ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ...

In the two attempts at producing World University Rankings, Warwick ranked 57th according to The Times Higher Education Supplement in 2007,^[12] up 16 places from the previous year's ranking.

In the World MBA rankings published by the Financial Times, Warwick ranked 14th in the world for Executive MBA and 29th for MBA. The Financial Times (FT) is a British international business newspaper. ...

According to The Sunday Times, September 2006: "In barely forty years, Warwick has established itself as a leading alternative to Oxford and Cambridge. It recruits some of the brightest students who are taught by staff often working at the cutting edge of their subjects".^{[citation needed]} The Guardian, in May 2007, described the University as "consistently rated among the best universities in the country."^[13]

Academic staff

Current and former notable members of the academic staff at Warwick:

Biological Sciences

• Sir Brian Follett, also formerly Warwick University's Vice-Chancellor (1993 to 2001)

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• Mike Paterson, Director of the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
• Mike Cowlishaw, creator of the REXX programming language.
• Hugh Darwen , creator of Tutorial D database language

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• Nicholas Crafts
• Andrew Oswald
• Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky
• Robin Naylor
• Sir Nicholas Stern, Former Chief Economist of the World Bank

English Nicholas F. R. Crafts (born March 9, 1949, Nottingham, England) is Professor of Economics and Economic History at the University of Warwick, a post he has held since 2005. ... Andrew Oswald (born November 27, 1953) is a Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, UK. He is currently a Professorial Fellow of the ESRC. He has held posts at Oxford, the London School of Economics, Princeton, Dartmouth and Harvard. ... The Right Honourable Robert Jacob Alexander Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky (born 1939 in Harbin, China) is a British economist of Russian origin, author of a major biography in three volumes of John Maynard Keynes. ... Nicholas Stern Sir Nicholas Stern, FBA (born 22 April 1946) is a British economist and academic. ...

• Andrew Davies, television screenwriter
• Maureen Freely, writer, author and translator of works by Orhan Pamuk
• Germaine Greer
• AL Kennedy
• China Miéville

Engineering and Warwick Manufacturing Group Andrew Wynford Davies (born September 20, 1936 in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Wales) is a British screenwriter. ... Maureen Freely is a U.S. journalist, novelist, translator and teacher. ... Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born on June 7, 1952 in Istanbul) is a Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist. ... Germaine Greer (born January 29, 1939) is an Australian-born writer, broadcaster and retired academic, widely regarded as one of the most significant feminist voices of the 20th century. ... China Tom Miéville (born September 6, 1972, Norwich) is a British fantastic fiction writer. ... The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), part of the University of Warwick, is one of Europes leading manufacturing groups and is involved in publicly and privately funded research on innovation in products and in manufacturing processes. ...

• Lord Bhattacharyya, founder and Director of the Warwick Manufacturing Group
• Kevin Warwick, Cyborg researcher

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• E.P. Thompson, Marxist historian and founding member of the CND

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• Patrick Atiyah, barrister and legal writer
• Shaheen Sardar Ali, current professor of law
• Upendra Baxi, current professor of law
• Roger Burridge, MBE, current head of the law school
• Paul Raffield, current lecturer in law; actor in Joking Apart

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• Jack Cohen, developmental biologist and xenobiologist (honorary professor)
• Ian Stewart FRS, mathematician and popular science author
• Sir Christopher Zeeman FRS, topologist and exponent of Catastrophe theory, founding professor of mathematics; the new Mathematics and Statistics building has been named in his honour. Latterly Principal of Hertford College, Oxford

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• Angie Hobbs
• David Miller (philosopher)
• Jawad Nayyar (philosopher)

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• Phil Woodruff FRS, professor. Expert on surface science (especially synchrotron radiation) and key witness in the Harold Shipman trial.

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• John Rex, professor emeritus.
• Robin Cohen, honorary professor.
• Jim Beckford, professor emeritus, Fellow of British Academy.
• Margaret Archer, professor, key theorist in critical realism and former president of International Sociological Association.
• Steve Fuller (social epistemologist), professor, theorist in science and technology studies.

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• H. A. Hellyer, senior research fellow. Expert on Muslims in Europe and West-Muslim world relations.

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• The Coull String Quartet has been quartet-in-residence since 1977.

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Future development

Vision 2020

The proposed campus of Warwick 2020

Recently constructed buildings on the Warwick campus; (left to right) the International Manufacturing Centre (IMC), the Department of Computer Science (DCS), and the Zeeman building (Maths and Statistics).

In November 2005, the University of Warwick made public its vision for the year 2020 and outlined proposals for how it would like to develop its campus over the next 15 years. These proposals built upon recent construction activity which included a new Mathematics and Statistics Building, a new Computer Science Building, new Business School buildings, the new Heronbank Residences and an expanded Sports Centre. The proposals would see a shift in the "centre of gravity" on campus away from the Students' Union towards the new University House and a proposed "Academic Square", located around the new Maths and Computer Science buildings. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (7354x1504, 1656 KB) Summary This shows three buildings on the University of Warwick campus; leftmost is the IMC (International Manufacturing Centre), middle is DCS (Department of Computer Science) and rightmost is Maths and Statistics. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (7354x1504, 1656 KB) Summary This shows three buildings on the University of Warwick campus; leftmost is the IMC (International Manufacturing Centre), middle is DCS (Department of Computer Science) and rightmost is Maths and Statistics. ... Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman (born February 4, 1925), is a mathematician known for work in geometric topology and singularity theory. ...

University House

University House, the main administration building

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Singapore Campus

In 2004 the University publicly revealed that it planned to open a 10,000-student campus in Singapore. Due to concerns about academic freedom, cost and freedom of speech for students, many students and academic staff opposed the scheme. Following exhaustive research the matter was discussed by the University's Senate, which requested further research to be undertaken, in effect, forcing the University to abandon the scheme. Attempts to establish some firm links with Singapore (albeit not necessarily a full physical campus) are continuing.

Campus life

Student life

Rootes Social Building

Undergraduate student life at Warwick is divided into two phases. In the first year, student life revolves around campus and, in particular, the Students' Union (with its sports clubs, societies and entertainment facilities). In the second and third years, as students move off-campus, the focus shifts to either Leamington Spa or Earlsdon in Coventry. There has been criticism of the perceived focus of the entertainment events toward first year undergraduates resident on campus.^{[citation needed]} , Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa but commonly just Leamington, (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. ... Earlsdon library on the High Street Canley Ford, Earlsdon Earlsdon is a suburb of Coventry, England. ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ...

Campus Facilities

Staff, students and visitors benefit from the many non-academic facilities on campus. As well as Warwick Arts Centre (see below), the University hosts a large leisure centre, comprising 25 m swimming pool, two sports halls, gymnasium, squash courts and rock-climbing facility. Elsewhere on campus are a number of other sports halls, outside tennis courts, 400 m athletics track, multi-purpose outdoor surfaces and cricket grounds. Sports facilities are being constantly expanded, following the commencement of Warwick Sport, a joint venture between the University and the Students' Union in 2005. Indoor tennis courts are expected to be built in the next couple of years and an Olympic-size swimming pool has been rumoured in the long-term, depending on Coventry City Council's priorities. Most of the University's sports facilities are open to the general public. Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. ... For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). ...

There is a Costcutter supermarket, a pharmacy, a number of banks, a hairdressers and a travel shop all in the middle of the campus. Costcutter is a franchise banner in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Poland under which there are supermarkets and local and urban convenience stores. ...

All food and drink outlets are operated by Warwick Hospitality or the Student Union.

Students' Union

The students' union building - SU North and South

The students' union building - SU South

See also: University of Warwick Students' Union

The University of Warwick Students' Union is one of the biggest Students' Unions in the UK, currently having over 200 societies and around 70 sports clubs, including everything from Squash to Skydiving. It has an annual turnover of approximately £6 million, the profit from which is used to provide services to students and to employ its staff and Sabbatical officers. The Union is divided into two buildings: Union North (mainly societies and administration) and Union South (entertainment facilities). Union South contains four club venues, seven bars and a cafe over four floors, with some events such as Top Banana and Skool Dayz encompassing the entire building. Drinks prices are not considered to be particularly cheap^[14] but have recently been reduced for some events. The University of Warwick Students Union is the students union for the University of Warwick, in Coventry, England. ... The University of Warwick Students Union is the students union for the University of Warwick, in Coventry, England. ... A students union, student government, student senate, students association, or guild of students is a student organization present in many colleges and universities. ... A society is a group of people living or working together. ... A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ... In a British students union a Sabbatical officer is a full-time officer elected by the students from their membership. ...

The Union has also recently hosted such bands as Ash, Sugababes, Amerie, The Kooks, Reel Big Fish, The Departure, The Subways, Idlewild, Hell is for Heroes, The Automatic, Boy Kill Boy, Amy Winehouse, The Killers and Scouting for Girls. Ash are an alternative rock band that formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland in 1992. ... Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning British pop group trio from London. ... Amerie Mi Marie Rogers (born January 12, 1978[1]), better known as Amerie, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and model. ... For the book, see Donna Kossy. ... Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ... The Departure is an English rock band from Northampton, that formed in January 2004. ... The Subways are an English indie rock band. ... Idlewild are a Scottish rock band formed in the Winter of 1995, by vocalist Roddy Woomble, guitarist Rod Jones, drummer Colin Newton, and bassist Phil Scanlon. ... Hell Is For Heroes is a British post-hardcore band. ... Not to be confused with The Automatics. ... Boy Kill Boy are an English rock band based in Leytonstone, East London. ... Amy-Jade Winehouse (born 14 September 1983) is an English soul, jazz, R&B singer and songwriter. ... The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, most famous for their hit singles Somebody Told Me, Mr. ...

The Union is a member of the National Union of Students (NUS), West Midlands Area NUS (WMANUS) and National Postgraduate Committee (NPC). The National Union of Students (NUS) is the main federation of students unions that exist inside the United Kingdom. ... West Midlands Area National Union of Students (WMANUS) is the only surviving original National Union of Students Areas. ... The National Postgraduate Committee (NPC) represents postgraduates at UK universities. ...

Food and Drink

The Campus contains various Union run food outlets including Battered (a fish and chip shop), Fat Tony's (Pizza Take-away), South Central (Baguettes and other snacks), Cholo (bar food) and Xanana's (a more upmarket restaurant). Other food outlets on campus are owned by the University, and include Cafe Library, Cafe Humanities, Rootes Social (recently refurbished restaurant), Viva (Sandwich shop) and The Learning Grid (general snacks and hot food).

The Campus also has many drink outlets, of which those owned by the union include Cholo, The Graduate, The Marketplace, The Cooler and Bottles and Shots (1&2). Those owned by the university include Rootes Social and Warwick Arts Centre.

The student run site foodatwarwick.co.uk provides reviews of food and drink outlets on and around campus.

Student events

Each year in January, the University of Warwick plays host to the "world's largest student-run international event",^[15] One World Week. This incorporates the very successful One World Forum. Other student run events include People & Planet's Go Green Week, Warwick International Development Summit, Warwick Economics Summit, RAG Week and Warwick Student Arts Festival. The University is also home to the largest student-run Real Ale Festival in Great Britain^{[citation needed]}, which takes place annually, always in the eighth week of second academic term. The festival is organised and staffed solely by the Warwick University Real Ale Society. A charity skydiving weekend called Great Warwick Jump, was setup by the Skydiving Club in 2008 and is now the biggest charity event at the University^[16], raising £20,274.00 for charities world-wide in it's first year.. One World Week is the World’s Largest Student-run International Event hosted annually at The University of Warwick. ... One World Forum Forum is proud to stand as the intellectual element of the worlds largest student-run international event, One World Week. ... People & Planet, often abbreviated to P&P, is the largest student network in the UK campaigning to alleviate world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment. ... The Warwick Economics Summit is an annual two and a half day event held at the University of Warwick featuring well known international speakers, addressing over 400 students from various top ranked UK Universities. ... The logo used by WSAF in 2006 and 2007. ...

Campus media

• Radio Warwick, also known as RaW, one of the most successful student radio stations in the UK
• Warwick Boar, an award-winning, weekly newspaper distributed free across campus each Tuesday
• Warwick Television, a fast-growing student television station
• Warwick Forums, a new forum portal for students
• Warwick Bore, an independent student newspaper project aimed at making subtle snipes at University policy. Threatened with legal action by the SU over breaches of copyright in its articles. These articles can be viewed on the popular social-networking site facebook.
• Warwick Student Cinema, the university's student cinema housed in a large lecture theatre on campuse, showing films on two 35mm projectors most nights of the week

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Sports activities

Warwick has extensive sports facilities, including a number of indoor and outdoor playing fields, including two astroturf pitches and one artificial grass pitch. Depending on the time of year, these are used for a variety of sports. The University also has a state of the art indoor tennis centre opening in spring 2008.

Warwick Arts Centre

See also: Warwick Arts Centre

Warwick Arts Centre

Situated at the centre of the University's main campus, the Warwick Arts Centre is the largest arts centre in the UK outside London.^[17] Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. ... Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. ...

The centre comprises:

• The Butterworth Hall, a 1500-seat capacity concert hall
• A 550-seat theatre
• A 180-seat theatre studio
• A 220-seat cinema
• The Mead Gallery, an art gallery

Warwick Koan

Warwick Arts Centre with Warwick Koan

White Koan, situated directly outside the main entrance of Warwick arts centre is a piece of modern art designed by the artist, Lilian Lijn. The Koan is about 4 m (13 ft) high, white in colour and dressed in tubes of fluorescent light. It rotates whilst illuminated. The Koan is intended to represent the Buddhist quest for questions without answers (see koan). A koan (pronounced ) is a story, dialog, question, or statement in the history and lore of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, generally containing aspects that are inaccessible to rational understanding, yet that may be accessible to intuition. ...

Originally, it was intended to be placed on the roof of the Arts Centre. Unfortunately, the roof design did not take account of the added weight, leaving the roof too weak to support the Koan.

Commercialism

Under the leadership of its first Vice-Chancellor, Lord Butterworth, Warwick was one of the first UK universities to adopt a business approach to higher education, develop close links with the business community and exploit the commercial value of its research. John Blackstocke Butterworth, CBE, DL, (March 13, 1918 - June 19, 2003), was a British lawyer. ...

Commercialisation of research

The University has established a number of stand-alone units to manage and extract commercial value from its research activities. The four most prominent examples of these units are:

• Warwick Manufacturing Group
• University of Warwick Science Park
• Warwick HRI
• Warwick Ventures

As a result of these activities, Warwick is the only UK University to generate more income through commercial activities than it receives from Government grants, which has allowed it to invest generously in facilities and undergo rapid growth. Research is the greatest source of income for the university, followed by overseas students and Warwick Accommodation.^[18] The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), part of the University of Warwick, is one of Europes leading manufacturing groups and is involved in publicly and privately funded research on innovation in products and in manufacturing processes. ... Opened in 1984, the University of Warwick Science Park is a joint venture between the University of Warwick and local authorities. ... Horticulture Research International or Warwick HRI is the principal UK organisation tasked with carrying out horticultural research and development (R&D) and transferring the results to industry. ...

Warwick Conferences and Warwick Accommodation

'Arthur Vick' Residences

'Claycroft' Residences

Warwick was the first UK University to open its lecture and accommodation facilities to outside organisations, for profit, during the holidays. Warwick Conferences is now a thriving business, with its profits contributing to the University's financial independence, with dedicated, year-round conference centres, Scarman House and Radcliffe. Every year, on average 65,000 conference delegates are catered for, with services ranging from banqueting to access to sport facilities. Warwick Conferences has been recognised as one of the outstanding conference venues in the region and as such boasts among its collection, several awards including M&IT, Godiva, MIMA and CCE Chefs challenge awards.[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1013 KB) Summary This is a block of accommodation at the University of Warwick. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1013 KB) Summary This is a block of accommodation at the University of Warwick. ...

Warwick Accommodation provides on-campus accommodation for first-year undergraduates, final-year undergraduates (depending on availability) and postgraduate students. Off-campus accommodation is also provided and consists of privately owned houses which are University managed upon a commission charge. The location of such houses is usually within the catchment area of Coventry and Leamington Spa for student convenience.

Many of the 5700 on-campus rooms are used by conference guests outside of term-time. En suite rooms which include Arthur Vick, Jack Martin and Benefactors residences, as well as the standard single Rootes residence, are usually the primary allocation blocks for conference delegates.

Warwick Retail

The University has a small portfolio of businesses under the Warwick Retail umbrella, a private company wholly owned by the University. A private company is a company that is independently owned. ...

Operations include:

• Costcutter Supermarket
• University Bookshop
• Oxfam Books, Music, Fashion and Fairtrade (opened April 2006, closed February 2008)
• Warwick Print (in-house publishing)
• CopyShop (previously called Lazerlizard) (stationery and reprographics)

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Finances

• Total University Income: £240.4m
• HEFCE Grants: £54.9m
• Tuition Fees: £64.3m
• Research Grants and Contracts: £40m
• £77.6m of the University's total income is currently derived from "earning" activities such as self-financing short courses, research contracts, management training centres, vacation conferences, retail and catering.

Criticism

There has been some criticism that the University has become too commercially-minded at the expense of academic creativity and diversity. The most famous proponent of this critique was the noted historian E. P. Thompson, who wrote Warwick University Ltd in 1971. Edward Palmer Thompson (February 3, 1924 - August 28, 1993), was an English historian, socialist and peace campaigner. ...

Nevertheless, with the appointment of Sir Nicholas Scheele as Chancellor in 2002, the University signalled that it intended to continue and expand its commercial activities. In an interview for the BBC, Scheele said: "I think in the future, education and industry need to become even more closely linked than they have been historically. As government funding changes, the replacement could well come through private funding from companies, individuals and grant-giving agencies."[3] Sir Nicholas Scheele, BA Dur, Hon DBA Cov, Hon DUniv C.England, Hon DTech Lond, Hon LLD Liv, Hon DSc Warw, Hon DTech Lough, Hon DSc Cran, Hon RCM, Hon FIMechE, is the current Chancellor of the University of Warwick and formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor...

Links with the Labour Government

Involvement with Government initiatives

Warwick has very close links to the Government and has been the academic partner for a number of flagship Government schemes including the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth and the NHS University (now defunct). Tony Blair has described Warwick as “a beacon among British universities for its dynamism, quality and entrepreneurial zeal”.[4] The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY) is based at the University of Warwick in Britain and was founded by a government (DfES) initiative for high achieving secondary students in England. ... The NHS University (NHSU) was a part of the United Kingdoms National Health Service tasked with training NHS staff. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...

Tuition / top-up fees

Warwick has been a very strong supporter of the Government’s policy to introduce top-up fees. This has attracted strong criticism and regular protests from the Students’ Union and many academics, concerned that access to education will be based on ability to pay and not academic ability. In response, the University’s Vice-Chancellor, David VandeLinde, called the policy “a positive one for Higher Education institutes" and promised "70 per cent of the additional money derived from fees will be spent on further improving student services, facilities and support."[5] Top-up fees (not their official name) are a new way of charging tuition to undergraduate and PGCE students who study at universities in the United Kingdom from the 2006-2007 academic year onwards. ...

Warwick is particularly well placed to benefit from Top-Up Fees as it is one of the few universities to meet its target, set by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, for the proportion of students enrolled from state schools (86%).[6] This means that it is unlikely to come under the scrutiny of the Office for Fair Access, an issue many other leading Universities are concerned about. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom which distributes funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since 1992. ... The Office for Fair Access is the regulatory body (effectively a quango) that is responsible for ensuring that any United Kingdom university or higher education institution which wants to charge variable tuition fees from the academic year 2006/7 has in place an acceptable plan to promote equitable access among...

Bill Clinton presidential visit

On the recommendation of Tony Blair, Bill Clinton chose Warwick as the venue for his last major foreign policy address as US President in December 2000. Sandy Berger, Clinton’s National Security Advisor, explaining the decision in his Press Briefing on 7 December 2000, said that: "Warwick is one of Britain's newest and finest research universities, singled out by Prime Minister Blair as a model both of academic excellence and independence from the government."[7] William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... This article is about the American national security advisor. ... The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor, serves as the chief advisor to the President of the United States on national security issues. ... is the 341st day of the year (342nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

In his speech Clinton covered a number of issues, including Third World debt relief, fighting infectious diseases such as AIDS, basic education rights, and the digital divide, which he summarized as the new development agenda for the 21st century. Clinton was accompanied by his wife Hillary Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton. During his visit, he planted a Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) sapling outside Senate House, the (then) university administration block. REDIRECT Hillary Rodham Clinton   This is a redirect from a title with another method of capitalisation. ... Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the daughter and only child of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and current New York Senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. ...

The Warwick Agreement

The University of Warwick was the location for an important agreement between the Labour Party and the Trade Unions on Labour policy and trade union law, struck in July 2004. Subsequently the agreement has become popularly referred to as the Warwick Agreement. According to The Guardian, "it made peace between discontented elements in the unions and the government. It thereby averted the threat of mass disaffiliation from the party by the unions and helped to secure union support for Labour in the 2005 election."[8] The Warwick Agreement is the name of a document agreed in July 2004 to the 2005 General Election between many of Britains main trade unions and the Labour Party, which helped form Labours 2005 election manifesto. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ...

Alumni

Famous people to have attended the University of Warwick include:

Politicians

• Wendy Alexander – Labour leader in the Scottish Parliament
• Baroness Amos (Sociology, grad. 1976) – Britain's first female black Cabinet Minister, former Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council, now the European Union special representative to the African Union.
• Jon Cruddas (PhD in Philosophy, 1990) – Member of Parliament for Dagenham and candidate for the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.
• David Davis (Molecular Science/Computer Science, 1968–1971) – Conservative Shadow Home Secretary
• Andrew Dismore (Bachelor of Laws), 1975 – Member of Parliament for Hendon
• Yakubu Gowon (PhD in Political Science) – former Nigerian Head of State
• Kim Howells – Foreign Office Minister
• Baroness Morris – former Labour Secretary of State for Education
• Brian Paddick - 2008 London Mayoral Candidate for the Liberal Democrats.
• George Saitoti – mathematician, politician, and former Vice-President of Kenya
• Valentine Strasser – former head of state of Sierra Leone (did not graduate)
• Kevin Taft - Leader of the Opposition in Alberta, Canada.

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• Ahmed Thasmeen Ali (Economics) – Home Minister of Maldives
• Sir Gus O'Donnell (Economics, grad. 1973) – Cabinet Secretary, the highest ranking civil servant in the British Civil Service

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• H.A. Hellyer policy consultant and currently senior research fellow looking at Muslims in Europe
• Maris Martinsons – popular consultant and currently professor of management
• Ian Stewart FRS – popular science author and currently professor of mathematics

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• Jennie Bond (French and European Literature, grad. 1968) – former BBC Royal Correspondent
• Brian Deer (Philosophy) – The Sunday Times; Channel 4
• Tom Dunmore (Film & Literature; Editor In Chief, Stuff Magazine

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• Nicholas Blincoe – author
• Simon Calder (Mathematics) – travel writer for The Independent
• Anne Fine (History, grad. 1968) – children's author and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• James Franklin (Mathematics) – historian of ideas and philosopher
• A. L. Kennedy (Theatre and Performance Studies) – author
• To Kit (English Literature) – Hong Kong transmedia cultural and political commentater
• Tony Wheeler (Engineering, grad. 1968) – Co-founder of Lonely Planet (LP) travel guides

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• Merfyn Jones – member of the Board of Governors of the BBC and vice-chancellor of the University of Wales, Bangor
• James King (Film and Literature) – BBC Radio 1 film critic
• Timmy Mallett (History, grad. 1977) – 1980s children's television presenter
• Simon Mayo (History, grad. 1981) – broadcaster
• Peter Salmon (European Literature, grad. 1977) – BBC television executive

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• Paul W. S. Anderson (Film and Literature) – film director
• Vadim Jean (History) – film director
• Alex Jennings (English and Theatre Studies, grad. 1978) – actor who has performed in many lead roles at the RSC
• Stephen Merchant (Film and Literature, grad. 1996) – wrote, directed and acted in the British television series 'The Office' and 'Extras', in such roles as the 'Ooglemonster' and 'Darren Lamb' respectively.
• Frank Skinner, then Chris Collins (MA in English Literature, grad. 1981) – comedian/actor/writer
• Julian Rhind-Tutt (English) – actor best-known from the award-winning comedy series Green Wing
• Hannah Waterman – actor

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• Adem Ilhan – solo artist, and member of Fridge (studied mathematics)
• Sting – lead singer of The Police and solo artist (did not graduate)
• DJ Yoda – (English and American Literature grad. 1998) Hip hop turntablist

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• Ness Wadia – Indian Entrepreneur

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• Steve Heighway (Economics) – Liverpool FC footballer

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References

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External links

• University of Warwick website

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