Warwick Network 2008
University Update
Jon F Baldwin,
Registrar
Headlines - 2007-08
• Vision 2015 – Launch of
University Strategy –
Autumn 2007
• International Gateway of
Gifted Youth (IGGY)
• The Warwick Prize for
Writing
Headlines - 2007-08
• Prime Minister opens Digital
Laboratory
• Birmingham Science City
• International collaborations
Headlines - 2007-08
• Institute of Advanced Study
• Teaching Grid
• Research Exchange
Headlines - 2007-08
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Increase in research income
Increase in highly cited researchers
RAE – results expected on 17 December
QAA Institutional Audit
Headlines - 2007-08
• Warwick’s telephone
campaign hits £3m
mark
• Opening of Indoor
Tennis Centre ‘BREEAM Excellent’
rating
Looking ahead …
• Work begins on new Clinical
Trials Unit
• Redevelopment of the
Butterworth Hall
• Redevelopment of the Students’
Union
Looking ahead …
• Warwick Commission 2
• The Digital Press
• Campus Development
Plan
Financial Challenges
• Current economic climate
• How is the University affected?
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Government / public sector funding (HEFCE/TDA)
Research grants and contracts
Student income - overseas, independently funded
Commercial/business operations
Consultancy
Fundraising and development
Capital funding
• Opportunities?
University Income 2007/08: £350m
Other Income, £23m
Post-Experience
Centres, £12m
Funding Council Grants,
£86m
Retail Operations, £27m
Other Services
Rendered, £8m
Residences, Catering &
Conferences, £28m
Endowment Income,
Investment Income &
Interest Receivable, £4m
Academic Fees &
Support Grants (excl
Overseas Fees), £60m
Research Grants &
Contracts, £62m
Overseas Fees, £40m
1980s - The Warwick Response
• 1980s heralded a period of greater state intervention
and interference in university affairs
• Universities deemed to be unaccountable and
contributing insufficiently to the economy and society
• Decade of considerable reform both in legislation and
management culture
• Introduction of research selectivity, differential funding,
competition and student choice
• Warwick suffered a 10% cut overall - very
significant for a small university established for
less than 20 years
1980s - The Warwick Response
• Recognition that the shift was cultural and permanent
• Determined not to spiral into self-pity and defeatism
• Optimism that academic success had been recognised and a
willingness to take risks to secure greater independence and
compensate for loss of government income
• Not seen as a crisis but as an opportunity to secure greater
independence and freedom
• Slogan: “make half: save half” - adopted by the Council as
central to a new strategy
• Search for ways of exploiting core activities both academic
and non-academic (e.g. disciplines that might find new
markets – Business School; but also existing activities like
conferences, sports centre, language centre, overseas
students)
1980s - The Warwick Response
• Rapid development of an idea that both generated
income, encouraged innovation and also created a
“story” about the University in which most could feel
pride
• Every tribe needs a myth and set of beliefs: this became
the Warwick Way, the new Warwick brand.
• For its 25th Anniversary, Warwick produced a book that
recorded some of the significant events in its brief
history:
– 1980 -1990 student numbers grew from 5248 to 10234
– Staff from 659 to 973
– The percentage of income provided by the government shrank
from 70% to 44% and that provided from “earned income” grew
from 7% to 31%.
Today: The Warwick Response
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Maximising income
Savings and efficiencies
Look for new opportunities
Creative thinking and new ideas
Focus on strategic priorities
UK university most likely to succeed
‘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
Making the most of today
• Taking time to reflect on our roles and
discuss key issues
• Networking / making contacts
• Breakout Sessions – Workshops and
Discussions
• Marketplace – Science concourse
• ‘Graffiti wall’ – Science concourse
• Strategy Progress, Vice-Chancellor