Social Sciences Connect Programme

The University of Warwick’s Campus Masterplan will ensure that Warwick can become one of the world’s exceptional and distinctive university campuses, transforming the learning, living and working experience of our students, staff and visitors, whilst supporting our local communities and providing connectivity to our region and beyond.In order to realise the vision, the Campus Masterplan is focused on achieving the following ambitions: • To form a vibrant learning, working and living community• To shape a distinctive University of Warwick identify that has a ‘cosmopolitan in the countryside’ feel• To create an accessible, inclusive and people focused environment• To transform regional transport connectivity to campus• To deliver as SMART carbon neural campus• To create a flexible framework for other development opportunities within the campus and beyondThe Social Sciences Connect ProgrammeThe Faculty of Social Sciences (FoSS) is made up of fourteen departments of a variety of sizes, 25 research centres and two cross-faculty centres spread across the Warwick campus. In the academic year 22/23, the FoSS recorded a total of approximately 11,500 on-campus students, of which 7,666 are undergraduates, 3,536 are postgraduates and 346 are postgraduate-research students. For the same period, the departments were staffed by approximately 1,400 people, of which 816 are academic staff and 563 are professional staff. In 2022, The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide named the University of Warwick as University of the Year for Teaching Quality. For 2024, its Department of Economics ranked 1st in the UK for the second year running, while for 2023, the Warwick Business School's (WBS) Global Online MBA and MSc Management programmes earned 1st and 2nd places respectively.Globally, the University ranked in the top 25 within four subject areas including Business & Management Studies and Economics & Econometrics, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023. The University wishes to build on this success and ensure the that the Faculty of Social Sciences can continue to perform as a world leading faculty, as a part of a world class institution. With the Social Sciences Connect Programme (SSCP), the aim is to create a coherent Social Sciences Quarter that brings the departments closer together and strengthens their common identity while establishing a prominent 'gateway' at the campus's northern entrance.SSCP is an enabler to position Warwick as a regional, national, and international powerhouse for social scientific enquiry with real-world application and impact. The SSCP does so by creating Warwick Social Sciences (WSS) as an institution-wide vehicle to enhance the strength of our constituent disciplines, to promote new interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation across research and education, and to compete globally as a dynamic and distinctive world[1]class institution. The first phase in the SSCP is set to deliver 30,000 m2 GIA new build, including a 24,500m2 development for WBS and 5,000m2 for Economics. Also incorporated will be a 500m2 shared catering facility. The project is progressing through Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Stage 2, Concept Design and due to complete on 17th May. Supplier DayFor those contractors interested in tendering for the proposed scheme, the University will be hosting a Supplier’s Day on Thursday 18th April. A presentation of the University of Warwick’s Campus Masterplan and the specific details of the Social Sciences Connect programme will be delivered by the Estates Team and an opportunity to visit the proposed site. The Supplier Day will also be an opportunity to feedback on any queries raised during the PIN notice period. In the first instance please express interest in the project to Marie Hughes, Senior Procurement Manager, to m.l.hughes@warwick.ac.uk