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class="divider" stroke="#383838" fill="none" /> </svg> </div> <div class="id7-page-title"> <h1> What we do </h1> </div> </header> <div class="id7-main-content"> <div class="layout layout-100"> <div class="column-1"><div class="column-1-content"> <div class="image-component margin-full"> <picture> <img src="hongkongwebbanner.png" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--8"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box5"> <h2>Development and Alumni Engagement at Warwick</h2> <p>The University of Warwick is globally recognised for our research, teaching and innovation. As one of the UK's top ten universities and one of the top 100 in the world, Warwick is a place of possibility.</p> <p>Our 2030 mission develops on our founding values: excellence with purpose in all that we do. We believe that through education and research, we can change our world.</p> <p>Philanthropy and the support of alumni who share our passion enables us to advance and to thrive.</p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--4"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box2"> <h2>Our team behaviours</h2> <p><b>Making a difference:</b> We are Ambitious to Make a Difference</p> <p><b>Collaboration: </b>We Collaborate to Achieve Together</p> <p><b>Solution focussed: </b>We are Accountable for Creating Solutions</p> <p><b>Passion for learning: </b>We Learn from our Best Performances</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--8"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box4"> <h2>A passion for making a difference</h2> <div class="image-component relative-width-3 pull-left margin-full"> <picture> <img src="natalie_lloyd_warwick.jpg" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> <p>Warwick is the youngest university in the Russell Group, but we’re right up there with institutions established up to 900 years ago. And we’re the only UK university never to have fallen from the top ten since achieving our place there.</p> <p>If you have a passion for making a difference, there’s a place for you here. Our donor community creates lasting value in society and the economy through supporting students, research, and facilities at Warwick. Children’s health, astronomy, sustainability, and fair access to education are just some of the areas where philanthropy is making an impact.</p> <p>Our global ambition is to attract the world’s best thinkers and locate them in the most effective facilities. We’re planning an ambitious new fundraising campaign that will support this. If you can inspire and engage others with this vision, please get in touch for a chat.</p> <p><strong>Natalie Lloyd, </strong>Deputy Director of Philanthropy</p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--4"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box1"> <h2>Department teams</h2> <ul> <li>Philanthropy – Principal, Major and Leadership Giving</li> <li>Individual Giving</li> <li>Trusts and Foundations</li> <li>Events and Donor Relations</li> <li>Alumni and Supporter Engagement</li> <li>Systems and Insight – Information Systems and Prospect Research</li> <li>Campaign Planning and Performance – Campaign Planning and Philanthropic Finance</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--8"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box2"> <h2>A strong and vibrant community</h2> <div class="image-component relative-width-3 pull-left margin-full"> <picture> <img src="../team/andrea2.jpg" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> <p>From only a few hundred people in 1965, our alumni community is now 275,000 strong, diverse, vibrant, and global. Working with this community presents a unique opportunity to help our graduates play an active and positive role in shaping Warwick’s future.</p> <p>Collaborating with colleagues across professional services and academic departments, the Alumni Engagement Team focuses on building lifelong relationships that inspire friendship and financial support, strengthen our reputation, and advance our strategic vision.</p> <p><strong>Andrea Crowley, </strong>Deputy Director of Development, Alumni and Supporter Engagement</p> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--4"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box3"> <h2>Meet some of our team</h2> <p>Find out who you will be working with if you join our team.</p> <div class="buttons-component buttons-component-vertical "> <a href="../team/" class="btn btn-info ">Meet the team</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--6"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box5"> <h2 style="text-align: start;"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun Underlined SCXW65600209 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65600209 BCX0">Collaborate with brilliant academics</span></span></h2> <div class="image-component relative-width-4 pull-left margin-full"> <picture> <img src="collaborate_with_academics.jpg" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65659174 BCX0" style="text-align: start; padding-left: 0px;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW65659174 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" paraid="1209610783" paraeid="{06e5b01b-ffaa-4903-b9ed-ed498b8d364b}{114}"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0">As part of the Development and Alumni Engagement Team, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0">you’ll</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0"> work directly with researchers tackling challenges that affect our world, and worlds beyond this planet. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65659174 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65659174 BCX0" style="text-align: start; padding-left: 0px;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW65659174 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" paraid="1253036374" paraeid="{06e5b01b-ffaa-4903-b9ed-ed498b8d364b}{119}"><span data-contrast="auto" class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0"></span><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0">Thanks to philanthropic support, more research fellows like Dr Lauren Doyle are joining Warwick to study Astrophysics and Astronomy. Lauren’s research is focused on stars, but she is also involved in outreach work around science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM). </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65659174 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65659174 BCX0" style="text-align: start; padding-left: 0px;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW65659174 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" paraid="1684355078" paraeid="{06e5b01b-ffaa-4903-b9ed-ed498b8d364b}{125}"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0">She says: “As a young girl, I really looked up to people who studied space and astronomy and that fuelled my desire to pursue this type of career. Giving to Warwick’s research is unlocking the potential for a new generation to discover their passions. With the speed astronomy has progressed at over the past few years, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0"> exciting to think what the next generation of astronomers will discover!”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW65659174 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW65659174 BCX0" style="text-align: start; padding-left: 0px;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW65659174 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" paraid="161914464" paraeid="{06e5b01b-ffaa-4903-b9ed-ed498b8d364b}{130}"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0">Find out more about research at Warwick and meet more of our academics at </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW65659174 BCX0" href="https://warwick.ac.uk/research" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="padding-left: 0px;"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun Underlined SCXW65659174 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://warwick.ac.uk/research</span></span><i class="new-window-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link opens in a new window"></i><span class="sr-only">Link opens in a new window</span><i class="new-window-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link opens in a new window"></i><span class="sr-only">Link opens in a new window</span></a><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW65659174 BCX0"></span><span class="EOP SCXW65659174 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-col layout-col--6"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box1"> <h2 style="text-align: start;"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun Underlined SCXW157356771 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW157356771 BCX0">Meet one of our donors</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW157356771 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></h2> <div class="image-component relative-width-3 pull-left margin-full"> <picture> <img src="nick_donor.png" alt="" class="img-content"> </picture> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW144108969 BCX0" style="text-align: start; padding-left: 0px;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW144108969 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" paraid="786079056" paraeid="{a6e30d1b-6f4c-4bd9-b917-bae685135a70}{2}"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0">Dr Nick Donofrio (Hon Doctor of Science, 2002), spent 44 years at IBM including as Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology, leading </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0">numerous</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0"> transformational </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0">strategies</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0"> and initiatives across the company.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW144108969 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW144108969 BCX0" style="text-align: start; padding-left: 0px;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW144108969 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" paraid="1485023863" paraeid="{a6e30d1b-6f4c-4bd9-b917-bae685135a70}{8}"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0">Now retired, Nick’s focus is on tackling inequality in access to STEM subjects. His philanthropy created the Pre-School Futures programme at Warwick to encourage more young children to pursue STEM subjects and careers later in life.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW144108969 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW144108969 BCX0" style="text-align: start; padding-left: 0px;"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW144108969 BCX0" lang="EN-GB" paraid="1357405488" paraeid="{a6e30d1b-6f4c-4bd9-b917-bae685135a70}{13}"><span data-contrast="none" class="TextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW144108969 BCX0">“Everyone has their own passion and wants to help society in their own way,” he says. “Mine is ensuring young people have a fair chance to experience and pursue their dreams in STEM.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW144108969 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-row layout-row--nowrap"> <div class="layout-col layout-col--6"> <div class="container-component boxstyle_ box5"> <h2>Meet alum, Sahil Vachani, CEO and Managing Director of Max Ventures</h2> <p>(BSc Management Sciences, 2003)</p> <section class="media-component selection-cover-container relative-width-auto margin-full"> <div class="selection-cover"></div> <video class="" controls preload="auto"> <source src="sahil_vachani_ceo_and_managing_director_of_max_ventures.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <p>Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video. 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