About Warwick: Jon F Baldwin, Registrar

1. About Warwick:Jon F Baldwin, Registrar

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

3. History

4. 1965 – Warwick’s Origins • Concept raised during WW2 • 1960 – University Promotion Committee • 1961 – Government approval • 1963 – Jack Butterworth appointed • 1964 – First graduate students • 1965 – First undergraduates

6. Now and Then

7. 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

8. Higher Education

9. 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.

10. The Political Agenda • Increased research selectivity • Variable Fees • Widening Participation • Flexible course provision • Increased collaboration with business & industry • Effective leadership and management • Accountability

11. Position in the Sector

12. “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

13. 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

14. 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

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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Funding

19. 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

20. Students & Funding

21. University Income 2007/08: £350m

22. Comparison of Public & Private Turnover

23. 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

24. Our Aims & Values

25. “The Warwick Way” • Ambitious • Entrepreneurial flair • Speedy decisions • Risk taking • Remedial action • “tight but loose”

26. ‘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 University’s 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

27. Students & Learning

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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 it’s about excelling in teaching and research

32. Any questions?