As government funding changes, the replacement could well come through private funding from companies, individuals and grant-giving agencies."
== Student life ==
The university has a campus cat named Rolf.
=== Students' Union ===
The University of Warwick Students' Union is one of the largest students' unions in the UK, with over 260 societies and 67 sports clubs including basketball, rowing and ice hockey. The Union has an annual turnover of approximately £6 million, the profit from which is used to provide services to students and to employ its staff and sabbatical officers. The Union is divided into two buildings—SUHQ and The Union Building. The Union Building contains a three-room club venue known as "The Copper Rooms"; CAMRA-accredited "The Dirty Duck" pub; a popular bar called "The Terrace Bar"; Curiositea, a tea shop known for its hot chocolates, cakes and vintage atmosphere; The Graduate, a postgraduate social and study space; and The Bread Oven, a design-your-own sandwich shop.
=== Student media ===
Student media at Warwick includes:
Radio Warwick (RAW) – student radio station.
The Boar – newspaper distributed free across campus every second Wednesday.
=== University Challenge ===
The university won BBC television's University Challenge competition in 2021. This was their second win – their first was in 2007, beating the title-holders University of Manchester in the final.
=== Esports ===
The University of Warwick are the five-time UK Esports "University of the Year", having won the title every year since its inception. In August 2022, Warwick became the first UK university to receive a finalist nomination for the Esports Awards, for Esports Collegiate Program of the Year, with Head of Esports Jack Fenton also becoming the first UK nominee for Collegiate Ambassador of the Year. Warwick fields numerous esports teams each year through its student-run esports society, Warwick Esports, who compete out of the Esports Centre.
=== Student housing ===
The Warwick campus currently has around 6,300 …
