2. Introductions
among UK universities, Warwick is a unique, and uniquely successful, institution.
Despite its relative youth it is undoubtedly one of the UK’s leading universities,
with an acknowledged reputation for excellence in research and teaching, for
innovation and for links with business and industry. In the latest UK government
Research assessment exercise, Warwick was rated seventh in the UK for research
excellence; in the media league tables, it comfortably maintains its position in the
‘Top Ten’; and our student places continue to be highly sought after, with more than
ten students applying for every undergraduate place.
Now, as we approach Warwick’s 50th birthday in 2015, our challenge is plain: how
to focus activity and drive so as to attain greater international pre-eminence. It is
clear that only universities with truly global reach will have the potential to make a
proper impact on the pressing issues facing the world today.
This Case for Support outlines some of Warwick’s key activities designed to
maximise the visibility and impact of the University around the world as well as
increase its impact in the UK. Not surprisingly, Warwick’s future strategy is
ambitious. It is also bold and distinctive, building on past successes and
Warwick’s unique entrepreneurial spirit.
Richard Lambert
Chancellor, The University of Warwick
3. a global impact 03
Throughout the University’s history, private funders have responded generously to
the University’s ambitions to improve itself.
even before the first students arrived on campus in 1965, the University’s founding
Vice-Chancellor, Lord Butterworth, raised £4 million from the region’s business
leaders in support of the University’s foundation. The much-loved Warwick arts
Centre was only made possible following successive donations amounting to over
£20 million made by a local resident. Today many of our alumni – who of course
benefited from the foresightedness of those early investors – are themselves
donors to the University.
I believe that our University has benefited immeasurably from the experience,
support and friendship of individual donors, business partners and charitable
organisations. They have all played a significant part in helping to shape Warwick
into the unique institution it is today.
In the coming years, the University will launch a major fundraising campaign to
attract £50 million of new support for Vision 2015. The following pages demonstrate
the impact philanthropy is already making on the University of Warwick and set
out the five main areas where we believe that donors will want to get involved.
I would like to thank everyone who is already helping us to invest in our global
vision. as we look to the future, I hope that many more will share our excitement Contents
and join us on our journey. Development of Warwick 04
Global scholarship 07
Global health 09
Global enterprise 11
Global responsibility 13
Professor Nigel Thrift Global culture 15
Investment in Warwick’s future 16
Vice-Chancellor, The University of Warwick
Warwick’s development team 18
4. 04 The University of Warwick
Development of Warwick
Planning the University
Radio Warwick 963 starts broadcasting 1971
Constructing Benefactor’s Hall of Residence
Jack (later Lord) Student meeting in Rootes Social Building
Butterworth,
Warwick‘s first
Vice-Chancellor
First Degree Ceremony, Coventry Cathedral, 1968 Queen Elizabeth II’s visit, 1970
5. a global impact 05
Naming of the Butterworth Hall, Jack Martin Residences, opened in 1986 The International Digital Lab, Warwick Manufacturing Group
Warwick Arts Centre, 1987 (WMG), 2008
Opening of Warwick Medical School, 2002
Opening of the Science Park, 1984 New Warwick Business School Wing, 1992 Palazzo Pesaro Papafava, Visit by President Clinton,
Warwick’s base in Venice 2000
6. 06 The University of Warwick
‘The experiences that I gain here
will be invaluable and I hope to pass
on some of my excitement to people
back home’
Young, gifted and talented student, Malaysia
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Global scholarship
As a centre of world-class scholarship, Warwick needs to
innovate in order to continue to attract the very best
intellectual talent, wherever it may be found. This will allow
us to create, complement and grow outstanding academic
teams across the University.
International Gateway such as the Further Maths programme or
for Gifted Youth pathways to Law. once at University
It’s important to identify and nurture students from non-traditional backgrounds
outstanding ability as early as possible. can benefit from one of a number of
Warwick has created the International scholarships including the Multicultural
Gateway for Gifted Youth (IGGY) to bring Scholars’ programme which is funded
together highly gifted 11-19 year olds from all entirely philanthropically by individuals and
cultures, ethnicities and financial professional firms. More funds will support
circumstances to share their common more talent.
intellectual bond through virtual and
physical meetings. early philanthropic PhD Scholarships
funding has enabled the creation of the Go excellent phD students are the bedrock of
Global Fund but the opportunity to first-class academic teams and the source of
transform the lives of so many more is ready future research directors. at Warwick, phD CARA Associate Fellowships
for catalytic support. scholarships, funded by generous individuals Warwick is working with the Council for
and the University itself, have proved to be a assisting Refugee academics, offering
Undergraduate Scholarships magnet to attract outstanding students, fellowships, mentoring and support to
a comprehensive undergraduate scholarship who are already working on high priority academics driven from their own countries
programme ensures that exceptionally issues in medicine, on low carbon technology as a consequence of political unrest and
bright young people are pro-actively and on the challenge of alleviating poverty. turmoil. These talented people bring much
encouraged to pursue academic studies at Could you, or those you know, help us to to the UK’s higher education community
Warwick. Those from less well-resourced advance this work by funding further phD and to Warwick in particular. With your help
schools are supported through initiatives scholarships at Warwick? we could support more such academics!
A £2 million investment in the International Gateway for Gifted Youth will transform its development over the next
five years, ensuring that a truly rich community of young people is supported around the world through virtual
space in local hubs in disadvantaged communities such as the townships of Johannesburg or the slums of Delhi.
8. 08 The University of Warwick
‘When I worked as a GP, every day I witnessed first-hand the
profound benefits of health research. Not only research which
led to a cure or new treatments for an illness, but also research
which improved the quality of life for my patients and enabled
them to cope with their conditions. Translating our pioneering
research into treatments, techniques and technologies that
directly improve patient care in the UK and across the world is at
the heart of the work carried out at Warwick Medical School’
professor Yvonne Carter oBe, Dean of Warwick Medical School
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Global health Alzheimers
age-related diseases such as
alzheimers are a growing health
concern. Warwick’s chemists are
Major deadly epidemics of obesity and diabetes are sweeping contributing to research in this
area by studying the effects of
across the world today. For the first time in centuries life ‘rusting’ in the brain. They have
expectancy in developed nations is predicted to decline. discovered that the mechanism
that we rely on to transport iron
Ten years on, Warwick Medical School is already at the safely through our blood stream
forefront of research into the causes, prevention and can, in certain circumstances,
collapse into a state which grows
treatment of these life-limiting diseases. long worm-like ‘fibrils’ banded by
lines of iron rust. This process
could provide the first insight into
Diabetes understand the processes that make how iron gets deposited in the
over 200 million people in the world, women go into labour. Further investment brain to cause some forms of
including children and teenagers, have will translate these research findings into parkinson’s and alzheimer’s and
diabetes now – the numbers are still rising improved clinical care. Huntington’s diseases.
dramatically! our leading research programme Your support of a phD student,
on human fat cell behaviour has shown how Cardiovascular Disease a post doctoral student or a more
defects in the fat cell can lead to diabetes, Cardiovascular disease is the number one senior academic could help find
high blood pressure and other life-threatening cause of death worldwide, with 70% of the solution to these distressing
diseases. However, there is still much more to deaths occurring in developing countries. conditions.
learn. additional investment will help to open our research focuses on the prevention,
the gateway to finding an ultimate solution to detection and treatment of cardiovascular
the treatment of diabetes and its many disease, examining hypertension and the
detrimental health consequences. relations between nutrition, metabolic Much of medical research is funded by
abnormalities and cardiovascular risk in foundations, companies and private
Infant Mortality developed and developing countries – individuals – people wanting to make a
No one should have to experience the loss of particularly in West and South africa. our difference to the lives of their friends and
a child, especially a newborn baby, but with findings translate into practical policies. The families. Warwick Medical School is seeking
7% of babies born prematurely in the UK head of our cardiovascular medicine team to raise £20 million by 2015 to advance its
alone every year, there is now an even holds Warwick Medical School’s first ground-breaking research into some of the
greater risk of infant death or disability from endowed chair: extra investment will enable world’s most pressing health issues. Your
premature labour. We are currently us to create more research teams to work in contribution to Warwick Medical School
developing a large research programme to this vital area. would help us ultimately to save lives.
A £3 million Endowed Chair in Global Health Economics will help us to speed up the process of translating new
medical initiatives developed at Warwick into practical treatments available to patients.
10. 10 The University of Warwick
‘When universities and
businesses support one
another, the impact on the
UK and wider global
economy is significant. The
University of Warwick – and
Warwick Business School
in particular – has always
been a beacon of business-
university collaboration.
Now, with investment from
the communities that really
benefit from its work, WBS
can provide the knowledge
and leadership to support
business, build innovative
spaces conducive to
thought-leadership and
collaboration, and educate
the workforce and leaders
of tomorrow’
Richard Lambert, Director-General, CBI and
Chancellor of the University of Warwick
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Global enterprise
In our changing financial and economic climate, investment in
leadership to shape global business policy and management
practice is more important than ever.
The University of Warwick is well known for The Talent Fund will provide scholarships to
its relationships with industry and the support the finest students, regardless of
impact of its research on enterprise. background. Contributions to the Talent
Through its programmes of study and its Fund will enable us to develop tomorrow’s
research, Warwick Business School (WBS) leaders of business, government, the public
draws on its wealth of intellectual capital to services and not-for-profit organisations.
influence and enhance global enterprise.
Capital Fund
Faculty Fund The Capital Fund supports the development
To continue working with business and of a world-class research and teaching hub.
governments around the world, WBS must WBS aims to create innovative,
be able to recruit top-class international environmentally friendly buildings that
academics. This is the purpose of the Faculty nurture our students and allow us to
Fund which also supports crucial areas of create new research centres such as the
research such as energy, security, risk, and enterprise Hub and the Centre for Sports
financial markets. Investment in the Faculty Management, education and Society.
Fund will enable WBS to recruit and retain Investment in the Capital Fund will enable
individuals who combine excellent us to complete the blueprint for a leading
scholarship with practical business global business school.
relevance, ensuring that tomorrow’s leaders
are taught by first class minds. The three components of the WBS 2015
Development Fund support the School in its
Talent Fund aim of competing with the world’s leading
WBS’s mission is to create the next business schools, as well as the University’s
generation of high calibre business leaders, wider goal of becoming one of the top 50
equipped with the skills to benefit business, universities in the world.
government and society across the world.
A £500,000 investment endows a PhD Scholarship allowing Warwick to compete with the top Global 50
institutions in the selection of candidates.
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Global responsibility
A global institution has global responsibilities: Warwick is
using its knowledge and expertise – its intellectual capital –
to transform the lives of many people across the world.
‘Warwick’s ability to Warwick in Africa national and international political
africa’s problems are legion. In our developing frameworks, the use of economic
marshal talent and Warwick in africa programme we are instruments, and behavioural change.
resources behind an idea currently concentrating on areas where we Investment in Warwick’s Low Carbon Fund
believe we can make a difference: education, will enable us to combine the intellectual
has been outstanding. It’s health and crop science. For example, in capital from across the physical, the
inspiring to see so many South africa and Tanzania, our undergraduate biological and social sciences to develop
students are working alongside african practical new approaches to the
young people benefit teachers in township schools to help improve management of climate change.
and see their skills and classroom teaching; reciprocal visits to the
Warwick campus allow african teachers to The Warwick Commission
aspirations grow. It’s also explore new teaching methods to make a The University of Warwick is already highly
the biggest bangs per buck lasting impact on the learning experience of regarded for its expertise in national and
future generations of pupils. With further international public policy. The Warwick
of anything I do’ funding we could extend this initiative Commission is a unique initiative to
massively into more schools and even to stimulate new thinking on a range of
patrick Dunne, Warwick alumnus and
different parts of africa. pressing global policy issues. The
benefactor of the Warwick in africa
recommendations from the first
Teaching programme
The Low Carbon Initiative Commission, a year-long investigation into
Much of the current research on climate the future of the multilateral trade regime,
change has so far centred on understanding were announced at the World Trade
its physical impact: there has been much organisation at the end of 2007 and were
less emphasis on understanding the broader quickly picked up by national governments
implications of moving to a low-carbon across the world. Funding for the Warwick
society and the application of research. Commission – and for similar policy
Warwick’s Low Carbon Initiative brings initiatives – will increase Warwick’s role as a
together the development and deployment catalyst in suggesting new paradigms for a
of new technology, the establishment of changing world order.
£50,000 funds a group of teaching project students to work in South Africa or Tanzania and allows a number of the
teachers whom they will meet to spend two weeks on the Warwick campus and in local schools.
14. 14 The University of Warwick
Artist’s impression of the new ‘creative space’ in the redeveloped Warwick Arts Centre
15. a global impact 15
Global culture
Through its world class Arts Centre, its high quality sporting companies – including the Royal Shakespeare
Company, the National Theatre and
facilities and the work of its highly respected Arts and Humanities
Shakespeare’s Globe – and the Shakespeare
Faculty, Warwick is committed to becoming a major international Birthplace Trust we are developing
cultural centre that will enrich the lives of its students, its staff Shakespeare’s Live archive – a digital archive
and its local community. of promptbooks, production photographs,
costume and set designs and posters.
Investing in The Live archive will enable us to
increase its global impact, establishing a
Fit for Excellence ‘The University has always unique resource that will promote Warwick
The University has always been proud of its as a major international cultural centre.
excellent sports facilities and works hard to encouraged students to
cultivate the best possible environment for fulfil their potential both Warwick Arts Centre
sport to take place, designed to add value to The largest performing and visual arts
the whole experience of studying and academically and on the complex outside London and a jewel in the
working at Warwick. our long-standing sports field. In my University’s crown, Warwick arts Centre is
vision of ‘Sport for all’ is not just about currently undergoing an exciting £7.5 million
catering for a wide range of leisure experience, natural ability redevelopment that will benefit the regional
opportunities and fostering collegiate team- can only get you so far. With community and future generations of
spirit: it is about encouraging people to students. phase 1, the refurbishment of the
exercise extra-curricular talents; develop the right support, facilities Butterworth Hall, will significantly improve
discipline; fulfil their goals; and grow to and motivation, Warwick the quality of experience for the 250,000
become well-rounded successful individuals people who visit the arts Centre every year;
who, through winning (and losing) in the can help talented young while phase 2, a new landmark building, will
company of others, will mature into
people to fulfil their dreams’ provide opportunities for thousands of
tomorrow’s leaders! Helping us to invest in students, amateur groups, and local school
our facilities and equipment – and in turn David Moorcroft oBe, athlete/Broadcaster children to create, produce and present their
create minds and bodies that are fit for own works – in collaboration with some of
excellence – will enable us to continue the world’s leading artists. So far, funding of
attracting the best students to Warwick; William Shakespeare at Warwick £6.8 million has been secured towards the
expand our programme of ‘Sport for all’ to Shakespeare Studies at Warwick are defined redevelopment, leaving £700,000 to be
benefit more local schools and members of by a premise: that the plays of Shakespeare raised by october 2009, when the
the general public; and enable them all to depict their meanings in performance. Butterworth Hall and the new ‘Creative
reach their full potential. Working in partnership with theatre Space’ are due to open to the public.
A £500,000 investment to expand the University’s popular climbing wall will increase its capacity and position it as
one of a small number of world class indoor climbing centres within the UK.
16. 16 The University of Warwick
Investment in Warwick’s future
All donations to Warwick make an impact, helping the University to
develop high quality scholarship programmes, recruit outstanding PhD
students and outstanding academics, further excellent research and
develop the student environment.
The importance of philanthropy of all Throughout this Case for Support, we
kinds cannot be underestimated. Vision have identified examples of how you
2015 has rightly set ambitious goals to might wish to join Warwick’s journey.
take Warwick to the highest global We have given an indication of what each
echelons of universities. Such ambition step might cost. It depends on what’s
will involve the recruitment of more world important to you, the donor. We will
class academics to work in the best welcome the opportunity to talk through
facilities and support the brightest Warwick’s ambitions, to understand
students. Excellence on every front! where our ambitions coincide, to
explain how we can work with you to
Those who have already supported fulfil your ambitions.
Warwick’s philanthropic journey have
shown great leadership for which the
vision2015
University is very grateful. There is
another way in which individuals can
make a transformational difference.
Legacies in the form of bequests make the
single biggest impact on charities. These
thoughtful, well planned, tax efficient
gifts are yet another opportunity for
individuals to leave a lasting impact
a CaSe FoR SUppoRT
on Warwick.
18. 18 The University of Warwick
Warwick’s development team
All members of the Warwick Development team will be other members of the team:
pleased to discuss Warwick’s fundraising goals with you. Nicola Hunt
Donar Stewardship officer
+44 (0)24 7657 5720
Nicola.hunt@warwick.ac.uk
Faye Jennings
Ian Rowley has insightful knowledge of a Warwick alumnus, Ben plummer heads Director of annual Giving
Warwick through his leadership of the the Warwick Business School Development +44 (0)24 7657 4375
delivery of the University strategy, and alumni relations team. faye.jennings@warwick.ac.uk
communications and development.
Ben Plummer Robin Leonard
Ian Rowley Director of Development Development executive
Director of Development and alumni Relations arts Centre and Warwick Sport
Communications and Strategy Warwick Business School +44 (0)24 7657 5776
+44 (0)24 7652 4902 +44 (0)24 7652 4188 robin.leonard@warwick.ac.uk
ian.rowley@warwick.ac.uk ben.plummer@warwick.ac.uk
Gareth Owen
Mary McGrath has a long association with anne McKiernan is currently using her Major Gifts officer
Warwick. Known to many alumni and wealth of fundraising experience to focus +44 (0)24 7657 4775
friends of Warwick, she heads the team of principally but not exclusively on the Gareth.owen@warwick.ac.uk
University fundraisers. activities of the Medical School and other
Warwick sciences. Jon Stevens
Mary McGrath Major Gifts officer
Director of Major Gifts Anne McKiernan +44 (0)24 7657 5778
+44 (0)24 7652 2661 associate Director of Major Gifts jonathan.stevens@warwick.ac.uk
mary.mcgrath@warwick.ac.uk +44 (0)24 7652 4264
anne.mckiernan@warwick.ac.uk Charlotte Wilkes
associate Director
Warwick Business School
+44 (0)24 7655 0075
charlotte.wilkes@warwick.ac.uk
Development and Alumni Relations Office website: www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/development
19.
20. For more information please contact:
Ian Rowley
Director of Development, Communication and Strategy
University House
The University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 8UW
ian.rowley@warwick.ac.uk
+44 (0)24 7652 4902
