University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a campus university in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1965 as part of government plans to expand higher education to a mass public and, like the other new universities, its location was decided in response to strong support from councils and other local institutions and in the face of fierce competition from other places. Despite its name, it is located mainly inside the southern boundary of Coventry, some 11 km (7 miles) from the town of Warwick. Part of the campus (the Cryfield site) is built on land donated by Warwickshire. The campus orginally consisted of low-cost Modern architecture (apparently in deliberate contrast with the medieval and classical character of Oxbridge architecture). The low cost was imposed by the government of the day, which required the new universities to be built at rates below those previously used for Britain's older universities. Since its establishment the campus has expanded to 750 acres with many modern buildings and academic facilities, lakes and woodlands. A recent survey by The Times resulted in the campus being voted the best in the UK by a national poll of university students.

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The University was ranked 5th among the UK's 100 universities for quality of research in the UK Funding Councils' 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. Over 91% of the University's academic staff are located in departments with top research ratings of 5 or 5*.

Related Topics:
UK Funding Councils - 2001 - Research Assessment Exercise

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22 of the 24 University academic departments which have been assessed under the Subject Review process conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education have been rated 'excellent' (scored 21 or more points out of 24) for the quality of their teaching.

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The Sunday Times University Guide ranked Warwick seventh overall in 2004, from eighth in 2003, and The Times Good University Guide ranked Warwick eighth overall in 2005, from fifth in 2004. The Guardian University Guide ranked Warwick ninth overall in 2005, from eighth in 2004. Warwick, together with Oxford, Cambridge, LSE and Imperial College London, are the only universities which have never been out of the Top 10 in the British League Tables.

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The Sunday Times - 2004 - 2003 - The Times - 2005 - The Guardian

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