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Essential Warwick: the University of Warwick Profile 2010 essential wThe UniversiaTry ofwick WarWick Profile 2010 mission » To become a world leader in research and teaching » Through research of international excellence, to increase significantly the range of human knowledge and understanding » To equip graduates to make an important contribution to the economy and to society » To serve our local region – academically, culturally and economically » To continue to make a Warwick education available to all those able to benefit from it, regardless of economic or social circumstances 2 qualities Ambition Excellence in research and teaching To become a universally Ambition and drive acknowledged world centre of higher Entrepreneurial flair education by 2015, Cosmopolitanism and commitment firmly in the top 50 to solving global problems of world universities Service – to the University’s surrounding area, the UK and internationally Accessibility Community – lively, welcoming and challenging for staff and students Independence – the University is an independent entity, autonomous in its governance, subscribing to the principles of unfettered rational enquiry 5 people Total Number of Students 21,598 including Undergraduate 12,510 Postgraduate 9,088 International Students (undergraduate and postgraduate) 5,743 Undergraduate Admissions, October 2009 Applicants 34,920 Intake 3,925 Faculty Populations (as % of total student numbers) Arts 83.2% undergraduates, 16.8% postgraduates 13% Science 68.1% undergraduates, 31.9% postgraduates 31.4% Social Sciences 45% undergraduates, 55% postgraduates 47.1% Medicine 53.2% undergraduates, 46.8% postgraduates 8.5% Total Number of Staff 4,992 including Academics 1,046 Researchers 702 6 finance Turnover (2008-9) £375.66 million Academic fees and support grants £116 million including – Full-time UK/EU student fees £40.08 million Full-time international student fees £43.98 million Part-time student fees £15.82 million Other course fees and suppport grants £15.99 million HEFCE grant Teaching £41.74 million Research £30.53 million Training and Development Agency for Schools £2.34 million Research grants and contracts £72.98 million Other operating income £99.99 million (including residences, catering, conferences and management training centres) Other government grants £12.21 million 8 widening participation, improving access 199 students on 2+2 Degrees WUAP (Warwick (offered in conjunction with Undergraduate Aid local colleges) Programme) – financial support through Warwick 284 students studying for Scholarships and Individual Foundation Degrees Donor Scholarships 268 students on the Part-Time Goal programme – a national Degree programme scheme supporting over 700 A flourishing Open Studies disadvantaged gifted and programme attracting talented students aged 14-18 in 3,200 registrations from the achieving their potential and local region entering the most selective higher education courses. Continuing Professional Development programmes in Pathways to Law Programme education, medicine, health, Year 11-13 pupils and their law, business and engineering families receive guidance on the study of law and careers Warwick AWARDS (Access to in law, including work a Warwick Degree Scheme) – shadowing and mentoring targets first degree candidates from backgrounds with Trust Schools – Warwick low participation rates in is developing partnerships higher education with 5 local schools to encourage pupils to aspire to higher education 9 research in the 2008 research The Institute of Advanced Study – assessment exercise, promotes collaborative research projects Warwick was ranked of international calibre and enhances seventh overall in opportunities for international scholars the Uk, with 65% to work with Warwick researchers and of the University’s postgraduates. research rated as Research infrastructure 4* (world-leading) or 3* (internationally £3.7 million NMR Centre launched in excellent). among December 2008 – the UK’s leading NMR departments achieving facility enabling advances in materials very high ranking science, chemistry, earth science, in their units of biology and physics assessment were film studies (1st), Warwick The Warwick Digital Laboratory (pictured right) hri (1st), history (2nd), – a pioneering facility Pure Mathematics housing digital equipment for (2nd), french (2nd), multidisciplinary teams researching economics (3rd), and manufacturing, cognitive systems, italian (3rd). almost medical informatics, electronics 90% of the academic fabrication and nanotechnology staff were submitted in New Clinical Trials Unit building rae 2008 at Warwick Medical School, to develop rapidly growing work on the performance of new drugs and physical therapies. Aided by £1 million donation from the Wolfson Foundation. 10 Warwick Ventures – creates The Warwick Commission and nurtures spin-off Contributes Warwick companies based on University research to the solution of research – 40 companies created world problems. The second since 2000, supported by Warwick Commission was £22 million of venture capital. on ‘International Financial Reform: Beyond Architecture, The Birmingham Science Towards Building Consensus’. City Research Alliance – The global launch of its Warwick is collaborating report took place in Delhi in with the University of November 2009. Birmingham, under the auspices of the government’s Science City initiative, to promote interdisciplinary research on energy futures, advanced materials and translational medicine. 11 regional and community engagement Economic Partnership with around 250 schools across the region, and More than 10,000 of our strong links with local colleges graduates live and work in Coventry and Warwickshire Five local schools are supported as part of the Trust Schools The University is the third Programme biggest employer in Coventry Centre for Lifelong Learning Wide range of services offered – provides a wide range of to local and regional businesses, courses for mature students from research and development to consultancy, training and Each year, over 28,000 children conference facilities from Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull participate in The University of Warwick activities run by the Education Science Park has around 150 Department of Warwick tenant companies employing Arts Centre 2,000 staff. It delivers business support to new companies, Many of the junior doctors SMEs and international trained in Warwick Medical companies School stay on to work in local hospitals or GP surgeries Educational Hundreds of teachers are trained every year – more than 60% obtain jobs in West Midlands schools 12 Cultural/Social World class sports facilities used by many local clubs. The University’s student volunteering society, Warwick Warwick Arts Centre is the Volunteers, has contributed largest arts centre in the more than £1.3 million worth Midlands, attracting around of volunteering activity, taking 300,000 visitors a year to over part in almost 4,000 regular 2,000 individual events. 2009 and one-off placements saw the completion of the (totalling almost 140,000 £6.9 million refurbishment of hours of volunteering time) the Butterorth Hall and the since its inception in 2002 construction of a new Creative Space for rehearsals and educational activities. 13 international profile Overseas students 5,743 Warwick in Africa Teaching including – Project – An educational Undergraduate 2,192 programme, funded Postgraduate 3,511 philanthropically; Warwick Overseas alumni 39,318 students spend part of their summer vacations teaching International Gateway for Mathematics in the township Gifted Youth (IGGY) – designed schools of Johannesburg and to meet the needs of the top in Dar Es Salaam; scheme to be 5% of 11-19 year olds around extended to Ghana in 2010. the world, by building a collaborative international Warwick in Venice – Builds learning and social community. on the University’s long- Over 2,500 members from more established presence in Venice, than 20 countries. enabling undergraduates and graduates to experience Collaboration with overseas a unique programme of institutions – Warwick has in situ study; Warwick’s developed strategic alliances full-time base in Venice, the through formal agreements Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, with five core partners – Boston offers a unique European and Vanderbilt Universities location, encouraging (USA); Jawaharlal Nehru collaborative projects with University (India); Nanyang international partners. Technological University (Singapore), and Monash University (Australia). 15 environment The University acknowledges a responsibility for, and a commitment to, the protection of the environment at all levels, and is determined to make the campus into a genuine green icon. steps taken towards the greening of the campus include – Continued progress of Carbon Management Implementation Plan, now in its 4th year Extensive use of Combined Heat and Power to generate own power, and installation of Thermal Storage Launch in 2009 of Warwick Footprint campaign, to raise awareness of environmental issues among the Warwick community Establishment of a tax efficient cycle to work scheme for University staff Continued management of the campus in an environmentally sensitive manner, seeking to protect and enhance local natural habitats and biodiversity. 16 Chancellor Pro-Vice-Chancellors Mr Richard Lambert Professor Ann Caesar Professor Richard Higgott Pro-Chancellor and Professor Mark Smith Chair of Council Professor Michael Whitby Mr John Leighfield CBE Registrar Treasurer Mr Jon Baldwin Mr Brian Woods-Scawen CBE Finance Director Vice-Chancellor
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