About Warwick: Jon F Baldwin, Registrar

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About WarwickJon F Baldwin, Registrar

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• History
• Higher Education
• Position in the Sector
• Funding
• Aims Values
• Students Learning
• Management Structure

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History
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1965 Warwicks Origins

• Concept raised during WW2
• 1960 University Promotion Committee
• 1961 Government approval
• 1963 Jack Butterworth appointed
• 1964 First graduate students
• 1965 First undergraduates

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Now and Then
Then Now
Undergraduates 340 11,315
Postgraduates 96 7,047
Academic Staff 61 1,128
Applications for UG Places Approx. 4,000 30,486
Size of campus 170 hectares 290 hectares
On campus accommodation None Over 5700 rooms
Academic Departments 10 30
Research Centres 1 50
Income 43.7 million (at todays prices) 331 m
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Development

• 1967 Warwick Business School
• 1974 Arts Centre
• 1979 Coventry College of Education
• 1980 Warwick Manufacturing Group
• 1980 First Conference Centre - Arden
• 1984 Science Park
• 2000 Warwick Medical School
• 2004 Warwick HRI
• 2004 Birmingham Office
• 2004 London Office
• 2005 NHS Institute for Innovation Improvement
• 2007 launch of IGGY
• 2007 Birmingham Science City
• 2008 Digital Laboratory
• 2008 Institute of Advanced Studies

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Higher Education

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UK Universities The Sector

• 168 HE Institutions
• Over 2 million students in higher education
• Growth in PG and part-time numbers greater than
  than UG and full-time numbers
• Attract significant and growing numbers of
  overseas students (43 growth since 1994/5)

Chart shows the HEFCE figures on the millions of
students in further education in the UK by year.
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The Political Agenda

• Increased research selectivity
• Variable Fees
• Widening Participation
• Flexible course provision
• Increased collaboration with business industry
• Effective leadership and management
• Accountability

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Position in the Sector

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• In barely 40 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
• Sunday Times, September 2006
• Consistently ranked in the top 10 of UK
  university league tables
• 1st in the Midlands in the Guardian and the
  Independent
• 4th in the Guardian 2009 rankings
• Ranked 7th in the Research Assessment Exercise
  2008 for research excellence

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Business Industry

• Science Park has 58 companies and 1,250 staff
• 3 Training and Conference centres
• Warwick Ventures over 30 spin outs
• Technology Transfer WMG
• Research Centres HRC, Centre for Involvement,
  CAPITAL Centre

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Community Impact

• Knowledge Transfer
• Education
• Open Studies/ Lifelong Learning/ Hillfields
  Centre/One Word Week
• Social Support
• Warwick Volunteers/ Outreach work/ Canley
  Regeneration
• Social Facilities
• Sports Centre/ Tennis Centre/ Arts Centre

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Regional Impact

• One of the largest employers in Coventry and
  Warwickshire
• Devolved funding
• Birmingham Office
• Coventry Partnership
• Economic impact
• Skilled graduates

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Development Alumni

• Established Warwick Graduates Association in
  1987
• Launched Telephone Campaign in 1997 and hit 3
  million mark in 2008
• Have granted more than 2 million in scholarships
  to past and current students
• Alumni Weekend for alumni and their families
  June 2009

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International Impact

• 4,086 overseas students on campus
• 143 nationalities in the student body
• Teaching partnerships WMG/WBS
• International Collaborations Boston, JNU,
  Vanderbilt
• Increased student mobility over 30 exchange
  agreements worldwide
• Globalisation of Higher Education

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Funding

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UK Universities Funding

• The majority now receive less than 50 of income
  from the Funding Councils
• Public funding of research located in a small
  number of universities
• Unit of resource declined steadily over the last
  two decades
• Sector has seen a general decline in financial
  security

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Students Funding
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University Income 2007/08 350m

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Comparison of Public Private Turnover

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Warwick response to economic downturn

• Maximising income
• Savings and efficiencies
• Look for new opportunities
• Creative thinking and new ideas Innovation
  Fund
• Commitment to strategic priorities
• Support for local businesses
• Job-seeking in the recession guidance for
  graduates

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Our Aims Values

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The Warwick Way

• Ambitious
• Entrepreneurial flair
• Speedy decisions
• Risk taking
• Remedial action
• tight but loose

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50 by 50 - Delivering the Strategy

• Become an undisputed world leader in research and
  scholarship
• Sustain an exceptional teaching and learning
  environment
• Build on reputation as an international portal
• Enhance the Universitys reputation with
  stakeholders in the UK
• Generate more income
• Supporting our strategic goals
• Improving the campus community
• A fast, innovative culture
• A socially responsible campus

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Students Learning

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Quality Education

• Faculties of Art, Science,
• Social Studies and Medicine
• Dynamic and evolving curricula
• URSS
• Warwick Skills and Career
• Management certificates
• 64 of first degree graduates
• went directly into work in 2006
• directly into work, 35 into further study

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Learning Environment

• One stop shop at University House
• Learning Grid
• Award winning Careers Service
• New residences
• Warwick Blogs
• Online enrolment and module registration
• Award-winning Student Newspaper and
• Radio Station
• New Students Union building 2009/10

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Response to Variable Fees

• Continue to develop alternative forms of income
• Enhance the fundraising and development capacity
• Establish an endowment for the next generation
• Charge fees at allowable rates from 2006
• Develop further financial aid possibilities
• Improve retention

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Management Structure

• Management is holistic
• Can do culture dynamism becomes
  self-fulfilling
• Appointments never settling for second best
• Respect for colleagues
• Increasing focus on relationship between
  administration, academy and other university
  departments
• Never forget its about excelling in teaching and
  research

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• Any questions?