Vision 2015: One Year OnVision 2015: One Year On

Where are we with the strategy?Where are we with the strategy?And what next?And what next?

Nigel ThriftNigel Thrift

FormatFormat

• How the Strategy is unfolding

• How do we get the rest of the way?

• Why? Warwick as a Demonstrator

How the Strategy is UnfoldingHow the Strategy is Unfolding

ResearchResearch• Highly cited up from 5 to 10• Additional 40 postgraduate

research students in 2008/2009• Wolfson Research Exchange• Appointment of new staff (55 new

professors in the last 15 months)• Institute of Advanced Study up and

running• Interdisciplinary collaborations (e.g.

Security, International Finance)• REF preparations (citations)

Research IncomeResearch Income• Up 27% in one year

• Academic departments are more clearly articulating the benefits and incentives of enhanced research activity and income

• We will need better exploitation of our research

• Collaborative opportunities through international, national and regional initiatives e.g. Birmingham Science City

TeachingTeaching• Quality Assurance Agency Audit –

positive initial response• New Learning, Teaching and

Assessment Enhancement Strategy• New pedagogical approaches -

delivery and use of space

• Response to National Student Survey

• Innovation Fund - Some funding available for 08/09 for projects relating to goals

International LinksInternational Links• Pursuing deep links with overseas universities

• Link with Boston University launched in Boston by John Denham earlier this year

• Other links in progress: – Irvine (US)

– Monash (Australia)

– Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

– Sciences Po (France)

– Jawaharlal Nehru University (India)

– Fudan (China)

• The next wave…..

Growing International ProfileGrowing International Profile• Institute of Advanced Study

• IGGY launched:

– IGGY Summer U (Warwick)

– IGGY Winter U (Singapore)

• Warwick Prize for Writing• Warwick Commission 2 now

recruiting commissioners• Digital University Press

New buildings are vitalNew buildings are vital• Clinical Trials Unit• Science Site• WBS Expansion• Digital Laboratory (phase 2)• Zeeman Building (phase 2)• Medical Building• Milburn House – ongoing development• SU South Rebuild• Arts Centre• Nursery• Indoor Tennis Centre

Clinical Trials UnitClinical Trials Unit

Proposed Science Proposed Science site,site,central campuscentral campus

Proposed boundary

WBS – 3BWBS – 3B

NurseryNursery

Indoor Tennis CentreIndoor Tennis Centre

Energy EfficiencyEnergy Efficiency• Campaign to reduce

unnecessary energy usage• ‘Green’ projects e.g. wind

turbines, thermal energy storage, more recycling facilities

• New buildings more energy efficient (BREEAM standard)

• Green procurement• Further introduction of metering

and LEDs

Development IncomeDevelopment Income• New Director of Development being

appointed

• DARO being re-organised

• Collaborative PGR Scholarships

• Warwick Arts Centre

(Butterworth Hall Campaign)

• ‘Warwick Match’ Scheme

Commercial IncomeCommercial Income• Complimentary commercial

ventures• New types of commercial

activities on campus to generate required income

• Examples:– Jobs.ac.uk in the US– Unitemps franchise– Restructuring catering

provision

CultureCulture

• A more open, more supportive culture

• Food and drink

• New series of events aimed atsocial & intellectual integrationeg. Ideas Cafe

EnvironmentEnvironment• A more integrated, less stark landscape

• New build at Students’ Union and Arts Centre will help (piazza as a cultural hub)

• Landscape features: public art, sequoias, maze, etc.

• Big campaign on Gibbet Hill

How do we get the How do we get the rest of the way?rest of the way?

The ChallengeThe Challenge• Forbidding financial climate

• Difficult times for the sector

• Past success has been based on diversity of income streams

• We need to be clear about our core activities – what is it that we must protect?

• We will no longer be able support activities which are not excellent

PeoplePeople• Our people are a key

differentiator• Investments in staff

– Staff numbers up 1.3% in 12 months– Staff Pay - real terms increase (up

19%)

• Staff development and training:– Annual Review– Succession planning & talent

spotting– Improving safety & staff well-being

• PULSE 2

Income GenerationIncome Generation• Further growth in research income

• Development income – crucial to continued growth

• More competitive approach to commercial income

• Maintaining diversity of income streams

Your ideasYour ideas• Next stage of innovation to take the Strategy

forward• Innovation Awards – the big ideas for income

generation• Importance of everyday improvement and

opportunism• Vice-Chancellor’s Staff Surgeries –

opportunity for one-to-one dialogue

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Why? Warwick as a Why? Warwick as a DemonstratorDemonstrator

Warwick Warwick • An example of how to do something distinctive in

British HE

• Innovative/experimental

• Accelerated development

• Truly outward facing (global ambitions)

• Ultimate Point: A different funding model for Warwick

Remember who the competition is!Remember who the competition is!California San Diego Duke

Johns Hopkins

UBC

Thank YouThank You