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.

External links

• University of Warwick website
• University of Warwick Students' Union website
• University of Warwick One World Week
• Association of Student Radio Alumni - Warwick
• Radio Warwick (RaW): Student Radio Station
• Warwick Television: Student TV Station
• Warwick Video Game Design Society
• Warwick Boar: Student Newspaper
• Warwick-HRI
• University of Warwick Computing Society
• Warwick Revelation Rock-Gospel Choir
• Warwick Music Centre
• The University of Warwick Big Band
• Warwick Student Arts Festival (WSAF)
• 12 year old boy and his 16 year old sister start as maths undergraduates.
• Union bar inexplicably loses £34,000.
• Campus security guards set bait for burglars.
• Anger over Student Union fresher condom handout.
• PhD student develops musical wallpaper.
• Girls hockey team pose for a popular calendar.
• University scientists use the idea of 'death by chocolate' to improve the mousetrap.
• University bans St George flags from being flown on the campus.
• Mélange society (uniting international and home students).