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27,278 WELCOME Exchange/ TO WARWICK. Visiting, Students Abroad/Industry Warwick is a leading university, and IFP** students somewhere forward-looking and ambitious, where the starting point 1,481 is always ‘anything is possible’.

We consistently perform strongly in the UK league tables, and we’re proud to be among the top 20 ‘Most International’ universities in the world*. We’re as respected for boundary-breaking research as for teaching and business collaborations – our pursuit of excellence and intellectual curiosity is tireless. We strive to lead rather than follow, and are renowned for our entrepreneurialism and cosmopolitan outlook.

*Times Higher Education, 2018 **International

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Total number of staff OUR (as at 31 March 2019) PEOPLE. 6,947

Total number of students 2018/19 including Academic/Research/ Teaching staff Professional and 27,278 Support staff including 2,610 Undergraduates 4,337 15,998 Postgraduates

9,799 Faculty populations Full-time undergraduate (as % of total student numbers) admissions, October 2018 Applicants Arts % 85% undergraduates12.40 39,974 15% postgraduates Entrants Science Engineering Medicine 5,244 and Medicine 5.73% 54% undergraduates 43.01% 46% postgraduates 63% undergraduates 37% postgraduates Total number of alumni Social Sciences 54% undergraduates 228,080 44.59% 46% postgraduates 3 ESSENTIAL WARWICK 2019

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CAMPUS.We support a diverse and welcoming community, and we want everyone connected with us to thrive and reach their potential. We’re always looking at ways to improve the campus environment to deliver a space that’s both welcoming and enriching.

Our campus is always developing – The new Mathematical Sciences both our buildings and our minds. Building is the most energy-efficient building on campus. It supports our The National Automotive Innovation Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Centre in the Lord Bhattacharyya Science departments in the work they Building focuses on developing do that has a profound impact on novel technologies to reduce our society, our communities and dependency on fossil fuels and our cities. to cut down CO2 emissions. 4

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Warwick Arts Centre 20:20, artist’s impression The recently-opened Sport and Wellness Hub supports our vision to have the most active campus in the UK by 2020. Open to staff, students and the local community, it offers world- class facilities including a sports hall, a flexible swimming pool, fitness suites and climbing walls. Still to come Our campus will see investment and development for many years, with environmentally-sustainable projects to support every aspect of Warwick life. The 20:20 refurbishment and extension project will see the creation of a new art gallery, three HD digital auditoria and more open spaces for eating, drinking and socialising, while the Faculty of Arts building will nurture culture, creativity and innovation whilst providing an open space for all. The Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building will facilitate research on understanding more on the body and brain, with the aim of finding new ways to extend healthy life spans.

Discover more at warwick.ac.uk/yourspaces 5 ESSENTIAL WARWICK 2019 REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. Our impact stretches far beyond our campus, working in partnership with people and organisations across , and the wider .

Economic Educational We’re equipping people with the Our regional impact study shows that in right skills to help our region thrive, 2016/17 we generated through initiatives including our Degree Apprenticeships and our £1bn economic impact WMG Academies for Young Engineers for the regional economy and supported in Coventry and . 9,425 full-time equivalent jobs across the West Midlands. We offered

We’re committed to supporting Widening economic growth in our region; 21 Participation we’re active in the Coventry and programmes, Warwickshire Local Enterprise engaging with Partnership and are developing an 341 Innovation Campus at . local schools, to encourage young people (especially from less advantaged communities) to consider higher education.

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Warwick Arts Centre is one of the 22,831 biggest multi-artform venues outside school-aged and we are investing £17m children updating our spaces to welcome participated in even more visitors each year to our Warwick Arts Centre’s theatre, dance, music, comedy and creative activities. Over 2,000 visual arts events. people came to each of our twice-yearly Family Days. And almost 6,000 family We have recently invested £49m members took part in free activities in into our new world-class Sport and our Creative Learning Space. Wellness Hub, and our facilities are Cultural/social also used extensively by local schools and clubs. We work in partnership with our local authorities - we are a principal More partner of Coventry’s winning bid to than 2,500 of become the UK City of Culture 2021, our students are registered and are hosting the British Science with our volunteering network, Warwick Volunteers. Festival in September 2019, working In 2017/18, they gave more with local partners to kick start longer than term engagement with Science and 14,000 hours Technology in the region. of their time to local schools and community groups. 7 ESSENTIAL WARWICK 2019

BUSINESS COLLABORATIONS.

Working with business is Building the National Automotive at the heart of what we do. Innovation Centre with partners , From our inception, Warwick European Technical Centre and has always had strong WMG, on our campus. connections with industry. Warwick Ventures commercialises The present is no different. innovations produced from Warwick’s world-leading research. Last year, its We apply our innovative, cutting- portfolio of 30 spinout companies edge research to industry challenges, attracted over £27m in investment. working with global corporates to Warwick Ventures is a delivery partner SMEs and local start-ups. for Innovate UK’s national Innovation- Our collaborations include: to-Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) programme which Discovering crop protection and gives experience-based training for plant biotechnology solutions with early career researchers. It’s also a Dow AgroSciences partner in the Working with Waitrose to tackle Commercialisation of Research global food security Accelerator (MICRA) which is building a single gateway for industry and investors to access the collective intellectual property and resources of 8 warwick.ac.uk/business eight universities in the region.

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EXPERTISE AND FACILITIES. Businesses can access our state- The Science of-the-art scientific equipment and Park has 130 tenant companies expertise through Warwick Scientific employing more than 2,900 staff, Services, with 300 investigations and provides facilities for start-ups carried out last year. and established companies. It also manages the Minerva Business Warwick Conferences offers first-class Angel Network, and the European facilities on campus including an Structural and Investment Funds innovative new 650m2 flexible space (ESIF)/Warwickshire County venue, The Slate. Council-supported Business Ready programme.

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Monash Warwick Alliance The Alliance between the Non-UK University of Warwick and domiciled students: is a model that is changing the way universities approach their 10,453from approx. 150 countries international partnerships. It’s Non-UK alumni: about co-development, co-publishing and offering a truly transnational experience, 81,344 living in 198 countries with a focus on addressing the global challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.

Building international Our Student partnerships Recruitment team visited Warwick is international to the core. We partner with leading 51countries, institutions around the world generating 38,011 applications for to address global challenges study in 2018 through collaborative research, and to develop innovative teaching and learning opportunities for our staff and students. OUR Warwick in Venice Our students visit Venice to engage with teaching, GLOBAL research and partnership activity. PROFILE.

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Study abroad ‘Go Global’ We encourage our students to spend time overseas with a work/ Our students have a real voluntary placement, or a study chance to stand out in the abroad opportunity at one of our international world of work partner institutions and research, gain a global + across 40 countries perspective and develop the 200 intercultural skills to be a truly positive force in today’s global Student placements society. Students can take part Outgoing: in initiatives including language cafés, cultural events and study, work or volunteering 907 abroad, while our Go Global Incoming: Ambassadors help to promote intercultural curiosity and 598 integration on campus.

International volunteering Our students are making a difference through numerous International volunteering programmes Foundation Programme (IFP) in the local community and offers over across the world. Through our philanthropically-funded Warwick in Africa and Warwick 250 international students Laksh programmes, we support OUR access to Warwick and other prestigious UK universities maths and English teaching in schools in South Africa, GLOBAL Tanzania, Ghana and New Delhi, India. PROFILE. % of42.9 all Academic/ Research/Teaching staff have non-UK nationality 11

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EDUCATION. One of the UK’s top universities and st in the West Midlands 10 1 and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 11 th in the UK and 1st in the West Midlands Complete University Guide 2019

INNOVATION. RESEARCH. University of Warwick th Science Park 7overall among UK 130 tenant companies employing research universities more than Research Excellence Framework (REF), 2,900 staff 2014 (most recent UK-wide assessment)

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Among the top universities for 30 employability in the world QS Graduate Employability GLOBAL. Rankings 2019 Among the top of Warwick’s graduates were institutions100 in the world 93% working, undertaking further Times Higher Education study, or working and studying within World University Rankings 2019 six months of graduating Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey st of 2016/17 graduates; all undergraduate students in the world 21Most International Universities in the World 2019, Times Higher Education

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. Our students spent 14,000 hours on volunteering projects in the community in 2017/18

22,831 school-aged children participated in Warwick Arts Centre’s WARWICK creative activities.

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At Warwick, our teaching and learning is focused on guiding students towards achieving their full potential. We make that happen by deepening the learning of all our students, allowing them to think across subject disciplines, and appreciate the benefits of adopting a student research approach.

We also understand that a healthy mind and body will help our students flourish. So, we ensure teaching and There’s lots happening both learning goes hand-in-hand with inside and outside of Warwick’s both physical and mental wellbeing. fantastic learning spaces, meaning It’s why our campus is a hive of our students learn skills – and opportunities to stimulate, celebrate enjoy experiences – that enhance and contemplate. their employability once they’ve completed their studies. TEACHING AND LEARNING.

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Our students realise how our However, our outlook goes distinctive approach prepares them way beyond the boundaries of for the future. We understand that the campus. Studying and teaching at world’s employers are increasingly Warwick means being inspired by a calling upon a particular breed of community represented by more than leaders and thinkers, and we nurture 150 nations. And everyone here is students that are prepared to ask encouraged to be outward-looking in difficult questions, and uncover their thinking. surprising answers. TEACHING AND LEARNING. 15 ESSENTIAL WARWICK 2019

RESEARCH.We’re one of the UK’s leading research universities and the quality and impact of our research is reflected in our rankings. We performed strongly in the most recent Government Research

Excellence Framework (REF) 2014: departments are in the UK top ten in their unit Warwick ranked 19 of assessment based of our departments on outputs. th are ranked as the overall in the UK 4leading academic 7(based on multi- department for faculty institutions). % outputs (publications) 87of our research is ‘world‑leading’ in the country. (3*) or ‘internationally excellent’ (4*)

Positively impacting youth mental health IMPACT. Warwick research Through our research and has shown that rapid access its impact, we are producing to mental health treatment transformative solutions to at the onset of psychosis can the multidisciplinary global dramatically improve recovery. Our researchers designed the challenges of today and UK's first radical reform in youth the future. Our research is mental health care in Birmingham, changing the world, making developing a service with a core focus on early intervention. This lives healthier, safer, more has since been replicated across resilient and more fulfilled. 10 cities, benefiting more than eight million people. warwick.ac.uk/med/research/ hscience/mhwellbeing

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Illuminating the cinema Combating infectious disease projectionist Our Maths researchers are investigating Our Film and TV researchers are the most effective ways to protect bringing to light the role, and mass against infectious disease. Their redundancy of the cinema projectionist. findings are used by policymakers to An interactive online archive is help deliver the best and most cost- enabling visitors to explore interviews effective protection against diseases and historical documents conducted including whooping cough, influenza and discovered by the project team. and human papillomavirus (HPV). The site also allows younger visitors Using mathematical modelling and to explore a 'Virtual Projection Box', health economics, our team tested giving a feel of what it was like to be a which vaccination strategies work projectionist. Photographic exhibitions best. Working closely with the UK’s from the research have highlighted Joint Committee on Vaccination and hidden forms of labour and creativity in Immunisation, our research directly the film industry and helped audiences influenced the Government’s decision in to think differently about the impact of 2018 to extend the HPV vaccination to digital technology in the cinema. teenage boys in England. projectionproject.warwick.ac.uk warwick.ac.uk/MEMVIE 17 ESSENTIAL WARWICK 2019

safety and bring economic benefits to healthcare. Based on the University of Warwick Science Park, Medherant successfully completed phase one clinical trials with ibuprofen, and is now expanding its research to develop Migration to Europe medicinal cannabinoid patches and Our social scientists have engaged delivery solutions for drugs to combat with policymakers across Europe Alzheimer’s Disease. to inform official responses to the www.gov.uk/government/case- studies/medherant-pioneering-drug- Mediterranean ‘migration crisis’. The delivery-through-the-skin research team spoke to more than 250 migrants and refugees to understand Supporting NASA to maintain better the journeys they have made space leadership across the Mediterranean Sea. They research has found that many people were forced informed the National Aeronautics to resort to precarious journeys, and and Space Administration (NASA) that safe and legal routes to the EU Johnson Space Center's business and are required in order that the policy organisational strategies, enabling it to agenda can move forward in a positive maintain international excellence in a direction. The research has also rapidly-expanding space exploration improved public understanding of the sector. NASA has had to balance issue, through an interactive online exploration of new technologies story map visualising the stories and and exploitation of its existing journeys of ‘people on the move.’ technologies, along with balancing warwick.ac.uk/crossingthemed innovation and efficiency. The research provided crucial insights into how Effective drug delivery NASA could become more adaptive Medherant, a spin-out company from to these challenges, and these insights Warwick research has produced shaped the way senior leaders saw the and patented transdermal patches future direction of the organisation, which provide targeted delivery of leading them to embed agility as a a drug directly through the skin at a central focus of NASA’s strategy. consistent dose rate. The patches will www.wbs.ac.uk/news/core-nasa-s- improve patient experience, enhance new-space-race/

EDUCATION GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT. Our graduates are the fourth most Warwick is ranked in the top targeted by the UK’s top graduate 30 in the world for employer employers.* reputation.**

Of our 2016/17 graduates who were available for work: Percentage in work, Course graduated from further study or both 93% First degree 94% Postgraduate taught 94% Postgraduate research (Home and EU, full- and part-time students)***

* The Graduate Market in 2019, research conducted by High Fliers Research ** QS World University Rankings 2019 *** Based on respondents to the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education survey, carried out six months after successful completion

We want our students to become successful learners and employable STUDENT graduates. Our Student Careers & Skills team provides: CAREERS 1:1 advice and skills workshops tailored to undergraduate, Master’s & SKILLS. and postgraduate research students Innovative ways to gain skills and experience, including through our Opportunities to meet employers active volunteering programme, on campus Warwick Volunteers, and Access to job vacancies, thousands undergraduate research support of on- and off-campus work scheme bursaries experience opportunities, and the Continued careers support chance to study or work abroad after graduation. warwick.ac.uk/careersandskills 19 ESSENTIAL WARWICK 2019

Widening participation – unlocking talent and fulfilling potential We’re committed to enhancing access to higher Raising achievement – we supplement A INCLUSIVITY.level provision and teacher CPD through education for all those who pioneering academic programmes and aspire to study at university, attainment-raising bootcamps. regardless of background, Harnessing potential – two innovative and to ensuring that schemes, UniTracks and Sutton Scholars, Warwick’s student body is help highly-able students aged representative of local and 12-18 achieve their potential and enter the most selective higher education national communities. courses and institutions. Our new access Experiential and Financial Support – programme will support those aiming the Warwick Scholars Programme and to study at Warwick. Warwick Taught Master’s Scholarship Access to the professions – we support Scheme support undergraduate and access to Banking and Finance and postgraduate students from widening Law through two schemes for learners participation backgrounds. aged 14-18, introducing them to Enhanced outreach – we support the professions and giving them the disadvantaged and talented students to opportunity to gain valuable work progress to higher education through experience. targeted programmes, summer schools Collaboration – we’re working with and mentoring. 15 leading universities through the Partnerships – we work with local Realising Opportunities programme, to authorities, schools and colleges to promote fair access and social mobility reach learners who are least likely of students from underrepresented to enter higher education, including groups. projects supporting looked-after Innovation – a Foundation Year pathway children and Coventry’s new preparing students for degree-level IntoUniversity centre. study at our world-leading Warwick warwick.ac.uk/outreach Business School.

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INCLUSIVITY.Our Centre for Lifelong Learning focuses on enabling adult learners to achieve their personal and professional goals by accessing a Warwick education, irrespective of background.

students on the Warwick Gateway to 47HE: Social Studies over the year (April 2018 and Nov 2018)

students on 192 2+2 Degrees (full-time, offered in conjunction with local colleges)

students studying on the 13 4Foundation Degree programme

students139 on our Short course programme Part-Time Degree attracts over programme 141registrations over the year

students on the Initial Teacher Training programme students30 on our 15 1 – FE and Skills Sector BA Hons top-up degrees warwick.ac.uk/cll 21 ESSENTIAL WARWICK 2019

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY.

Chancellor Registrar Baroness of Rachel Sandby-Thomas CB Upholland GCMG Group Finance Director Pro-Chancellors Rosie Drinkwater Sir David Normington (Chair of Council) Pro-Vice-Chancellors Viki Cooke Professor Chris Hughes (Education) Treasurer Professor Simon Swain (Engagement) Keith Bedell-Pearce CBE Professor Pam Thomas (Research)

Vice- and President Secretary to Council Professor Stuart Croft Sharon Tuersley

Provost Commercial Director Professor Christine Ennew OBE Rupert Lawrie

22 Turnover (2017–18) Other operating £631.5m income £123.0m (including operating income, catering, conferences and management training centres)

Specific grants from £ Government and deferred capital grants released £10.0m

£ Research grants and contracts £126.5m Academic fees and support grants HEFCE/ grant £316.6m £13.3m including: UK/EU student fees £ m HEFCE/Office 146.7 Research England International student fees £149.2m research grant Other course fees and support grants £20.7m £36.3m FINANCE. The University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL +44 (0)24 7652 3523 warwick.ac.uk