About Warwick
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A Different Kind of UniversityThe freedom given to academic departments at Warwick, combined with a strong managerial approach were new innovations for UK Higher Education and have subsequently been copied by many other universities. Warwick has always had a reputation for innovation and for thinking differently. We were one of the first universities to understand the importance of links with business and industry. We have now built up a network of partnerships and collaborations that benefit all our students - undergraduate and postgraduate. We make sure that our research students are aware of the commercial possibilities of their research and encourage them to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Warwick degrees also prepare students for work in the world of the 21st century by emphasising the development of those skills demanded by today's employers.Today, Warwick has an identity of qualitative independence and academic distinction. The Guardian commented that "the outside world imagines universities aspire to (be like) Oxford & Cambridge, those in the know realise everyone now wants to be Warwick" (The Guardian, 1st May 2001). Warwick is consistently well placed in rankings of UK universities, such as The Sunday Times University Guide (6th place overall in 2006), The Times Good University Guide (8th), and The Guardian University Guide (6th place overall in 2007). Warwick 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. Warwick is currently the best ranked university outside of London and Oxbridge, and the only multi-faculty institution aside from Oxford and Cambridge never to have been out of the top ten. The University of Warwick is one of the UK's leading universities for research. The University was ranked fifth for quality of research out of the 124 institutions which took part 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*.
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