Warwick has a fifth greatest A/AS-level entry points (behind Cambridge, Oxford, Imperial College & LSE) by owning an norm of 428 A/AS-level points attained[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8405-1246293,00.html], & 78.6% of the students gaining number 1 or even upper 2nd class degrees[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8405-1246334,00.html]. Given these, these are pattern that competition for pages is the third greatest (behind LSE & Bristol) by having well-nigh x applications by the place [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8405-1246616,00.html].

In the Sixties & Seventies, Warwick got the national reputation as a politically radical institution. A early years of a institution were characterized by confrontations between students, staff & a administration all over the involvement of business & industry in the development of the University. A University's associations sustaining industry were criticised in E. P. Thompson's book Warwick University Limited.

Supplementary recently, a University has been seen as a favoured institution of the British 'New Labour' government. Tony Blair described the University as "a beacon among British universities for its dynamism, quality and entrepreneurial zeal"[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/press/recentquotes/]. A University's reputation for the commercial approach to management, yet, hwhen lead occasionally to criticise it as existence "The University of Warwick plc" [http://www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/boar/?article=381].

Standing
One of a UK's younger universities (founded in 1965), Warwick has quickly established itself as one of a UK's leading seats of learning. [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8404-1246845.html]

Based on data from [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8404-1246845,00.html The Sunday Times University Guide], a University of Warwick was rated Excellent for Xix courses, including [http://www.wbs.ac.uk/ Business and Management]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/ Classics and Ancient History]; [http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/ Computer Science]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/film/about/ Communication and Media (film and television studies)]; [http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/Theatre_S/html/welcome.php/ Drama, Dance and Cinematics (theatre studies)]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/ Economics]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/about/ English]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/german/ German and related languages]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/ Law]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/ Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/bio/ Biosciences]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/ Philosophy]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/ Physics]; [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/ Politics and International Studies].

A University of Warwick is likewise residence to the Modern Records Centre, Britain's largest repository of the archives of trade unions and industrial relations. The recent addition is the Leicester-Warwick Medical School, one of a total of school of medicine opened around an attempt to increase a comparatively moo many doctors trained in the UK.

These are a member of each the Russell Group and the 1994 Group.

Attainment
A University was ranked Fifth among a UK's Century universities for quality of search in the UK Funding Councils' 2001 Research Assessment Exercise. On top 91% of the University's academic staff come located in departments using top locate ratings of Fivesome or even 5*.

Twenty-two of a Xxiv University academician departments which develop been assessed under the Subject Read run conducted per Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education have been rated 'excellent' (scored Xxi or even additional points away from Xxiv) for the quality of their teaching.

The Sunday Times University Guide ranked Warwick seventh overall around 2004, from eighth within 2003, and The Times Good University Guide ranked Warwick eighth overall inside 2005, from fifth within 2004. The Guardian University Guide ranked Warwick ninth overall inside 2005, from eighth inside 2004. Warwick, together using Oxford, Cambridge, LSE & Imperial College London, come a lone universities which develop never been away from a Top 10 in the British League Tables.

Staff
Swell known members of staff at Warwick own involved: Germaine Greer, the feminist author Mike Cowlishaw, creator of the REXX programming language. Andrew Davies, the television screenwriter Stephen Houlgate, Bill Brewer and Keith Ansell-Pearson, philosophers Ian Stewart (mathematician) Andrew Oswald, economist Nick Land, cybernetics theorist

A Mathematics Department & Mathematics Institute was founded by Sir Christopher Zeeman, famous topologist and exponent of Catastrophe theory.

A Coull String Quartet has been quartet-in-home since 1977.

Alumni
Renowned population to develop attended a University of Warwick include:

Politicians Baroness Amos (Sociology, grad. 1976) - Britain's number one female black Cabinet Minister, presently Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council David Davis (Molecular Science/Computer Science, 1968–1971) - Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Yakubu Gowon (PhD in Political Science) - Nigerian leader Kim Howells - Minister for Higher Education at the Department for Education and Skills Baroness Morris - former Labour Secretary of State for Education Wendy Alexander - politician

Civil Servants Sir Gus O'Donnell (Economics, grad. 1973) - Cabinet Secretary

Mathematicians Ian Stewart, the popular science author

Journalists Jennie Bond (French and European Literature, grad. 1968) - former BBC Royal Correspondent Brian Deer - journalist

Writers Jonathan Coe - novelist A. L. Kennedy - author

Media presenters / Media people Timmy Mallett (History) - 1980s children's television presenter Merfyn Jones, member of the Board of Governors of the BBC

Actors / Directors Paul W. S. Anderson - film director Hannah Waterman - actor Alex Jennings - actor who has performed around numbers of lead roles at a RSC Stephen Merchant - comedy writer/director

Musicians Sting - lead singer of The Police and solo artist (did non graduate) Simon Mayo - radio DJ DJ Yoda - hiphop DJ

Philosophers [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/philosophy/faculty/wood.html David Wood] - philosopher at Vanderbilt University Andrew Benjamin - philosopher at Monash University

Chancellors
Lord Radcliffe (1965–1977) Lord Scarman (1977–1989) Sir Shridath Ramphal (1989–2002) Sir Nicholas Scheele (2003–present)

Vice-Chancellors
Lord Butterworth (1965–1985) Dr C.L. Brundin (1985–1992) Professor Sir Brian K. Follet (1993–2001) Professor David VandeLinde (2001–present)

North.B. Prof VandeLinde has announced that he intends to retire at a expiry of his todays contract inside Summer 2006.

Students' Union
A University of Warwick Students' Union is one of the other active Students' Unions in the UK, currently getting ended 200 societies and around Lxx sports clubs. It has an annual turnover of more or less £5 million, a benefit from either which is utilized to improve its services & uses its Sabbatical leave Officers. A Union building features foursome club venues & vii parallel bars, by owning numerous 'to the full union' nights yielding loose process of the entire building.

A Union occurs as member of the National Union of Students (NUS) and West Midlands Area NUS (WMANUS).

University Arts Centre
Located at a centre of a University, the Warwick Arts Centre is the second big arts centre in the UK (when London's Barbican).

A centre is:

A Butterworth Hall, the 1500-seat capacity concert hall The 550-seat theatre The 180-seat theatre studio The 220-seat cinema A Mead Gallery, an art gallery

Hospitality Services
Warwick was a pioneer among UK Universities within opening its halls & lecture facilities to outside organisations, for profits, when you took the holidays. Warwick Conferences is now the thriving internal business unit, sustaining its successfully contributing to the University's fiscal independence, by having the dedicated, month-year-around conference centre, Scarman House, built on campus.

Information
Inside 2002, the amount total of students was 17,904. This figure comprised: total number of staff: 4,354, including: Size of campus:

A University's coat of arms includes atoms of two isotopes of lithium, a DNA helix to represent science and likewise a Bear of Warwickshire (North.B. a bear is non chained in the University's todays arms - although it was around sooner versions) & a Elephant of Coventry. A todays crest may be seen at: [http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/communications/corporate/guidelines/identity/core/crest/ University of Warwick crest page]