Editing University of Warwick (section)

==History==
===Twentieth century===
[[File:Library Under Construction 1965.png|thumb|Library under construction in the 1960s]]
The idea for a university in Warwickshire was first mooted shortly after [[World War II]], although it was not founded for a further two decades. A partnership of the city and county councils ultimately provided the impetus for the university to be established on a {{convert|400|acre|km2|adj=on}} site jointly granted by the two authorities.<ref name="rees">Rees, H., ''A University is Born'', Avalon Books, Coventry (1989)</ref> There was some discussion between local sponsors from both the city and county over whether it should be named after Coventry or Warwickshire.<ref name="rees" /> The name "University of Warwick" was adopted, even though [[Warwick]], the county town, lies some {{convert|8|mi|km}} to its southwest and [[Coventry]]'s city centre is only {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} northeast of the campus.<ref>A compromise was proposed by [[Geoffrey Templeman]], Deputy Chairman of the university's planning committee, who later became the first [[Vice-Chancellor]] of Kent University on the border between the City of [[Canterbury]] and the county of [[Kent]] which faced a similar naming issue, and adopted the name [[University of Kent|University of Kent at Canterbury]]. However, the name the 'University of Warwick at Coventry' was not adopted.</ref><ref>[[Graham Martin]], ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' (1990) page 29 {{ISBN|0-904938-03-4}}</ref><ref>Its creation was supported by [[University of Birmingham]] Vice-Chancellor [[Sir Robert Aitken]] who acted as 'Godfather to the University of Warwick'.  The initial plan was for a university college at Coventry attached to Birmingham but Aitken advised an independent initiative to the University Grants Committee.</ref><ref>Ives, E. (2000). The First Civic University: Birmingham, 1880–1980 – An Introductory History. Birmingham: University of Birmingham Press</ref> The establishment of the University of Warwick was given approval by the government in 1961 and it received its [[Royal Charter]] of Incorporation in 1965. Since then, the university has incorporated the former [[Coventry College of Education]] in 1979 and has extended its land holdings by the continuing purchase of adjoining farm land. The university also benefited from a substantial donation from the family of John Martin, a Coventry businessman who had made a fortune from investment in [[Smirnoff]] vodka, and which enabled the construction of the [[Warwick Arts Centre]].

The university admitted its first, small intake of graduate students in 1964, and took its first 450 undergraduates in October 1965. Since its establishment Warwick has expanded its grounds to {{convert|721|acre|km2|1}}, with many modern buildings and academic facilities, lakes, and woodlands. In the 1960s and 1970s, Warwick had a reputation as a politically radical institution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/30year/protests_and_campaigns.htm |title=University of Warwick Student Union |access-date=30 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102174507/http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/30year/protests_and_campaigns.htm |archive-date=2 November 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Under Vice-Chancellor [[Lord Butterworth]], Warwick was the first UK university to adopt a business approach to higher education, develop close links with the business community and exploit the commercial value of its research. These tendencies were discussed by British historian and then-Warwick lecturer, [[E. P. Thompson]], in his 1970 edited book ''Warwick University Ltd.''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Warwick University Ltd.|last=Thompson|first=E. P.|publisher=Spokesman Press|year=2013|location=Nottingham}}</ref> The Leicester Warwick Medical School, a new medical school based jointly at Warwick and Leicester University, opened in September 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/948126.stm|title=Medical school's open doors|access-date=10 November 2011|work=BBC News|date=29 September 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030918030718/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/948126.stm|archive-date=18 September 2003|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the recommendation of then-Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], [[Bill Clinton]] chose Warwick as the venue for his last major foreign policy address as [[President of the United States|US President]] in December 2000. [[Sandy Berger]], Clinton's [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]], explaining the decision in a press briefing on 7 December 2000, said that: "Warwick is one of Britain's newest and finest research universities, singled out by Prime Minister Blair as a model both of academic excellence and independence from the government."<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Special White House Briefing by NSC Advisor Berger on President Clinton's Trip to Ireland and the United Kingdom |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/corporate/clinton/whitehousebrief/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050505084252/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/corporate/clinton/whitehousebrief/ |archive-date=5 May 2005 |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref>

===Twenty-first century===
The university was seen as a favoured institution of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government during the New Labour years from 1997 to 2010.<ref name="recentquote">{{Cite web |title=Press: Recent Quotes |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/press/recentquotes/ |access-date=19 February 2024 |website=warwick.ac.uk |archive-date=28 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728074731/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/press/recentquotes/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news| last= Halpin| first= Tony| title= Warwick's success hides a budget 'shortfall' of £20m| publisher= Times Newspaper| date= 14 December 2002| url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article797349.ece| access-date= 13 August 2007| location= London| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716154733/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article797349.ece| archive-date= 16 July 2011| url-status= dead }}</ref> It was academic partner for a number of flagship Government schemes including the [[National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth]] and the [[NHS University]] which is now defunct. [[Tony Blair]] described Warwick as "a beacon among British universities for its dynamism, quality and entrepreneurial zeal".<ref name="recentquote"/> In a 2012 study by Virgin Media Business, Warwick was described as the most "digitally-savvy" UK university.<ref name="virginmediabusiness.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/News-and-events/News/News-archives/2012/University-of-Warwick-crowned-the-most-digitally-savvy-university-/ |title=University of Warwick crowned the most digitally savvy university |publisher=Virginmediabusiness.co.uk |access-date=16 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213316/http://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/News-and-events/News/News-archives/2012/University-of-Warwick-crowned-the-most-digitally-savvy-university-/ |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Maths foyer, Warwick University.jpg|thumb|[[Ian Davenport (artist)|Ian Davenport]]'s ''Everything'' (2004) in the Warwick Mathematics Institute<ref>{{cite web |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/art/ |title=University of Warwick Art |publisher=University of Warwick |access-date=21 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021042607/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/art/ |archive-date=21 October 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
In February 2001, [[IBM]] donated a new [[IBM System/390|S/390]] computer and software worth £2&nbsp;million to Warwick, to form part of a "Grid" enabling users to remotely share computing power.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=156954|title=IBM puts Warwick ahead in Grid quest|access-date=10 November 2011|work=Times Higher Education|date=2 February 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325022456/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=156954|archive-date=25 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2004 Warwick merged with the [[Wellesbourne]] and [[Kirton, Lincolnshire|Kirton]] sites of [[Horticulture Research International]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/south-warwickshire-news/tm_objectid=14084916&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=government-cash-secures-site-s-future-name_page.html|title=Government cash secures site's future|access-date=17 November 2011|work=Coventry Telegraph|date=24 March 2004}}</ref> In July 2004 Warwick was the location for an important agreement between the Labour Party and the trade unions on Labour policy and trade union law, which has subsequently become known as the "[[Warwick Agreement]]".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/unions/story/0,,1569037,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Q&A: The 'Warwick agreement' | first=Ian J. | last=Griffiths | date=13 September 2005 | access-date=28 March 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080127132922/http://politics.guardian.co.uk/unions/story/0,,1569037,00.html | archive-date=27 January 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2006, the new [[University Hospital Coventry]] opened, including a {{convert|102000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} university clinical sciences building.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ManAuhBT1BUC&q=Sustainable+healthcare+architecture|title=Sustainable healthcare architecture|author=Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|location=London, UK|year=2008|isbn=9780471784043|access-date=16 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411065005/https://books.google.com/books?id=ManAuhBT1BUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Sustainable+healthcare+architecture&hl=en&ei=Sk7ETsH7EM_d8QPP_KS7Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA|archive-date=11 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Warwick Medical School was granted independent degree-awarding status in 2007, and the School's partnership with the University of Leicester was dissolved in the same year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/university-of-warwick-459106.html|title=University of Warwick|access-date=10 November 2011|work=The Independent|date=1 May 2011|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027001342/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/into-university/az-uni-colleges/university-of-warwick-459106.html|archive-date=27 October 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=medhist>{{cite web|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/about/aboutwms/history/|title=History|access-date=10 November 2011|publisher=Warwick Medical School|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518181504/http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/about/aboutwms/history|archive-date=18 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2010, [[Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya|Lord Bhattacharyya]], director and founder of the [[WMG, University of Warwick|WMG]] unit at Warwick, made a £1&nbsp;million donation to the university to support science grants and awards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=410545&sectioncode=26|title=Warwick peer puts £1&nbsp;million where his mouth is|access-date=10 November 2011|work=Times Higher Education|date=25 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325025639/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=410545&sectioncode=26|archive-date=25 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2010/02/25/academic-to-give-1million-to-warwick-university-92746-25912475/|title=Academic to give £1million to Warwick University|access-date=10 November 2011|work=Coventry Telegraph|date=25 February 2010}}</ref>

In February 2012, Warwick and Melbourne-based [[Monash University]] announced the formation of a strategic partnership, including the creation of ten joint senior academic posts, new dual master's and joint doctoral degrees, and co-ordination of research programmes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418890&c=1|title=Warwick and Monash team up for global strategy|access-date=4 February 2012|work=Times Higher Education|date=2 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204001558/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418890&c=1|archive-date=4 February 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2012, Warwick and [[Queen Mary, University of London]] announced the creation of a strategic partnership, including research collaboration, some joint teaching of English, history and computer science undergraduates, and the creation of eight joint post-doctoral research fellowships.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/mar/20/warwick-queen-mary-universities-share?newsfeed=true|title=Warwick and Queen Mary universities to share lecturers|access-date=20 March 2012|work=The Guardian|date=20 March 2012|location=London|first=Jessica|last=Shepherd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217101354/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/mar/20/warwick-queen-mary-universities-share?newsfeed=true|archive-date=17 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=419394&c=1|title=Warwick and Queen Mary collaborate on teaching and research|access-date=20 March 2012|work=The Guardian|date=20 March 2012}}</ref>  
[[File:WTC Steve Walton IMG 9613WarwickArtsCentre edit.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Warwick Arts Centre]]]]

In April 2012, it was announced that Warwick would be the only European university participating in the Center for Urban Science and Progress, an applied science research institute to be based in New York consisting of an international consortium of universities and technology companies led by [[New York University]] and NYU-Poly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-education-news/2012/04/25/university-of-warwick-named-as-partner-in-new-york-based-global-study-of-cities-65233-30838600/|title=University of Warwick joins New York's global study of cities of the future|access-date=29 May 2012|work=Birmingham Post|date=25 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515030914/http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-education-news/2012/04/25/university-of-warwick-named-as-partner-in-new-york-based-global-study-of-cities-65233-30838600/|archive-date=15 May 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2012, Warwick and five other Midlands-based universities—[[Aston University]], the [[University of Birmingham]], the [[University of Leicester]], [[Loughborough University]] and the [[University of Nottingham]]—formed the M5 Group, a regional bloc intended to maximise the member institutions' research income and enable closer collaboration.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420808&c=1|title=Midlands bloc hopes for safety in numbers as resources battle intensifies|access-date=10 August 2012|work=Times Higher Education|date=9 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811173728/http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=420808&c=1|archive-date=11 August 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Prev warwick logo.png|thumb|250x250px|Warwick Logo before introduction of the current logo in 2015|alt=|left]]

In September 2013, it was announced that a new [[National Automotive Innovation Campus|National Automotive Innovation Centre]] would be built by [[WMG, University of Warwick|WMG]] at Warwick's main campus at a cost of £100&nbsp;million, with £50&nbsp;million to be contributed by [[Jaguar Land Rover]] and £30&nbsp;million by [[Tata Motors]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/100m-investment-boost-for-warwick-university-8839352.html|title=£100m investment boost for Warwick University|access-date=29 September 2013|work=The Independent|date=25 September 2013|location=London|first=Daniel|last=Cooke|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929184819/http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/100m-investment-boost-for-warwick-university-8839352.html|archive-date=29 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24227662|title=University of Warwick £100m car centre 'will secure jobs'|access-date=29 September 2013|work=BBC News|date=24 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928174356/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24227662|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The centre will open in Summer 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theengineer.co.uk/wmgs-automotive-innovation-centre-naic/|title=Key stage passed at WMG's £150m National Automotive Innovation Centre|date=13 October 2017|website=The Engineer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204341/https://www.theengineer.co.uk/wmgs-automotive-innovation-centre-naic/|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The building was opened by [[Charles, Prince of Wales|HRH The Prince of Wales]] on 18 February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=HRH The Prince of Wales officially opens the NAIC|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/hrh_the_prince/|access-date=4 January 2021|website=warwick.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES OFFICIALLY OPENS THE NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION CENTRE {{!}} JLR Corporate Website|url=https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/news/2020/02/hrh-prince-wales-officially-opens-national-automotive-innovation-centre|access-date=21 January 2021|website=www.jaguarlandrover.com|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118074200/https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/news/2020/02/hrh-prince-wales-officially-opens-national-automotive-innovation-centre|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In July 2014, the government announced that Warwick would be the host for the £1&nbsp;billion [[Advanced Propulsion Centre]] (APC), a [[non-profit organization]] that facilitates funding to UK-based research and development projects developing low-carbon emission powertrain technologies.<ref>[http://past.cenex-lcv.co.uk/2016/advanced-propulsion-centre-uk.asp Advanced Propulsion Centre UK @ LCV2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131142237/http://past.cenex-lcv.co.uk/2016/advanced-propulsion-centre-uk.asp |date=31 January 2020 }}, Cenex. Retrieved 29 May 2018.</ref> The APC manages a £1 billion investment fund, which is jointly supplied by the [[Automotive industry in the United Kingdom|automotive industry]] – via the [[Automotive Council UK|Automotive Council]] – and the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK government]] through the [[Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy]] (BEIS) and managed by [[Innovate UK]].

In September 2015, Warwick celebrated its 50th anniversary and was designated "[[Sunday Times University of the Year|University of the Year]]" by ''[[The Times]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/student-news-round-up-university-of-the-year-goes-to-warwick-and-the-cambridge-phd-who-quit-to-9750965.html.|title=University of the year goes to Warwick|work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=22 May 2018|date=23 September 2014}}</ref> In December 2017, the university announced it would not continue with a project to open a Campus in [[Roseville, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theboar.org/2017/12/warwick-cancels-plans-open-campus-california/|title=Warwick withdraws from California campus project|website=theboar.org}}</ref> The university had spent £1.2 million on the project.<ref>{{cite web|title=University Accounts 15–16|url=https://warwick.ac.uk/services/finance/resources/accounts/accounts1516_with_cover.pdf}}</ref>

In 2023, the students' union voted for all the union-run catering to offer all plant-based meals. The vote was supported in order to reduce climate change emissions. By the following academic year, the menus will be 50% vegan and then will be fully plant-based by 2027. It is the eighth student union at a U.K. university to adopt plant-based catering.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Warwick students' union votes to go vegan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckdpy192vjzo |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=www.bbc.com}}</ref>