Warwick Students' Union 1975 occupation of Senate House and the Telephone Exchange

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In 1975, Warwick Students' Union occupied Senate House (then the main admin hub of the university) and the Telephone Exchange for 3.5 weeks throughout April and May due to the rising cost of rent across university accomodation. This occupation followed the 1975 rent strike, and led to the 1975 occupation of Warwick Arts Centre.

Background

This occupation was proceeded by a period with several controversies, disagreements between the University and the Students' Union, and occupations. While only the 1975 rent strike led directly to the occupation, the other incidents in the run up set the tone and are important for considering this occupation in full context.

The "Warwick Files Affair"

See also: Warwick Files Affair

In February 1970, during a Warwick SU occupation of the Registry Building - then the administrative hub of the university - students uncovered files show that the university administration was conducting routine surveillance on students and staff. This high-profile incident has come to be known as the "Warwick Files Affair".[1] This incident set the tone for the many disagreements between the university and its students in the years to come.

Senate House

By May 1973, construction had begun on a new administrative building, Senate House.[2] Speaking in 2004, Christopher Zeeman, founding professor of the Warwick Mathematics Institute and strong supported of the students and the SU on most issues, said that the building was built "like a fortress, so as to be able to defend it against the students",[3] likely as a way of preventing the "Warwick Files Affair", or something similar, from re-occuring.

Multi-storey carpark incident

See also: Multi-storey carpark incident

On 6 November 1973, a £264,000 multi-storey carpark, with a capacity for 465 cars, was approved in a meeting of the Council. This decision was extremely rushed, with the project not having been discussed beforehand at any prior Council meeting, and at least one member of the Council believing that no firm commitment had been made at the meeting, despite the fact that the University had already been locked into a contract with the contractors hired to build the carpark prior to the meeting on the 6th. This, and other procedural failings, meant that the carpark was extremely controversial. Of particular note here is that roughly £110,000 of the money used to build the carpark was money given by Warwickshire County Council to build student residences.[4] The carpark was still an important issue as late as the start of the 1975-1976 academic year, with many believing that an investigation should have taken place when none ever did.[5]

Union Building saga

See also: Campaign for the Students' Union Building
See also: Warwick Students' Union 1974 occupation of Warwick Arts Centre

The Senate House occupation was not the first occupation of the acadenmic 1974-1975 year. At this time, the Students' Union Building was not yet open, with negotiations still ongoing with the University about finances and the division of space between students and staff. In 1974, these negotiations included disagreements on the Union appointing its own staff, and with the University witholding funds from the Union. This led to an occupation of the newly-built and about-to-be-opened Warwick Arts Centre in October 1974, with the goal of disrupting the opening if the University didn't negotiate. The University did negotiate so the occupation was called off after 2 days and the opening was not disrupted.[6][7][8][9] These negotiations, while not directly linked to this occupation, were always present in the background, with the possible suspension of negotiations a considerable side-consequence of the occupation.[10]

The 1975 rent strike

See also: Warwick Students' Union 1975 rent strike

University accommodation fell under the remit of a nation-wide rent freeze until the start of 1975.[11] This meant that, for the first term of the 1974-1975 academic year, rents were frozen at a level deemed to be affordable. However, while the freeze continued for other types housing, the rent freeze ended for student accommodation at the start of the second term.[12] The university was making a loss on accommodation at this time due to the loan-based system through which most accommodation blocks were financed.[13] Hence, following the end of the rent freeze, rents were increased. The increases are sumarised below:[14]

Accommodation type Weekly rents in term 1 Weekly rents in terms 2 & 3 Increase Percentage increase (1 d.p.)
Rootes Hall
self-catered with cleaning 		£4.92 £6.50 £1.58 31.1%
Tocil Flats, Whitefields, Cryfield Flats
self-catered 		£3.99 £5.40 £1.41 35.3%
Cryfield Hall
included 5 evening meals per week 		£6.18 £7.90 £1.72 27.8%
Average £5.03 £6.60 £1.57 31.2%

These increases were considered too much by the student population, who argued that it wasn't inline with recent 1974 increase to the student grant of 25%.[nb 1][nb 2][14][15][16] Moreover, the University operated a system by which it would loan itself money from its Foundation Appeal Fund in order to build new accommodation, and then pay interest to itself on this loan. Many students felt that this system artificially raised rent prices.[17][18][13] Hence, in a Union General Meeting on Tuesday 2 December 1974, it was decided to begin a rent strike from the start of term 2.[19]

Events of the occupation

Initial vote and action

By the start of term 3, over 1200 students were part of the rent strike. However, members of the SU Executive had concerns over potentially victimisation of students involved. In particular, the university threatened to deny accommodation for the next academic year for those part of the strike, and even to deny degrees to those graduating who were participating. Over the Easter break, the executive discussed the optionas available to them and eventually decided to propose an occupation of Senate House and the Telephone Exchange. Sure enough, on the first day of term 3, Monday 21 April, a Union General Meeting (UGM) attended by over 700 students in the Aiport Lounge (one of the main social spaces at the time) voted to occupy the two buildings until the following four demands were met:

  1. freeze the term 2 rent,
  2. negotiate the term 3 tent,
  3. have no victimisation,
  4. keep the rent strike separate from other issues.

During the meeting, a student named Mike Adam adopted a devil's advocate position, warning the student body of the potential negative outcomes of the occupation. These included the possibilities of:

  • payments of grants being delayed - while the motion did not propose to occupy the Finance Office, it could be assumed that the administration would abandon the building entirely, even the un-occuped portions;
  • the on-campus postal service being delayed;
  • examinations being delayed or canceled;
  • staff wages being payed late.
Students entering Senate House through an open window.[20]

Despite these concerns, the motion passed roughly 5 to 1.[21]

Following the UGM, roughly 400 students marched on Senate House.[21] Writing in 2004, Professor Zeeman, said that the students were able to gain access to the building by climbing in through the ventilation fan of the Vice-Chancellor's private toilet, which had been added to the otherwise fortress-like building as an afterthought.[3] This could be a misremembering of the events as The Warwick Boar No. 37 (a special edition devoted almost entirely to the occupation) claimed instead that the students initially gained entry through an open window.[21] The attached photo[20] shows students going through a window into the Vice-Chancellor's offices,[22][nb 3] partially corroborating Zeeman's story. Further according to The Warwick Boar No. 37, these students were then hand-led away from doors they were trying to open by Professor Mykura, and the Vice-Chancellor, Jack Butterworth, nearly slapped a camera out of the hands of a student trying to record the events.

By 2:30pm, Senate House had been successfully occupied and the first occupation meeting was held. In this meeting, Pat Denny and Mike Adams were elected to Union negoatiating comitee, alongside the SU's president, secretary and treasurer.[21] Throughout the occupation, a Union General Meeting would be held every day at 6pm.[23]

Early days

An early Union General Meeting held outside (and on top off) Senate House.[24]

On Tuesday morning, the day following the occupation's start, a Steering Committee was held, with Nita Bowes and Pat Denny delegated to attend and represent the students. Their request for the power to be turned on in Senate House was denied under the reasoning that the building was closed. Their assurance that the Union was willing to listen to any representation from the University was met with silence.

On Wednesday morning, a meeting of the Senate was held. In the hour prior to the admittance of student represenatives, the academics on the Senate had met, and several had reluctantly decided to support the University. One academic Senator said "in a time of economic stringency Jack [Butterworth, Vice-Chancellor] delivers the financial goods" and "any academic who wishes to see his department receive a share of the income of this University is well advised to steer clear of any suspicions that he is sympathetic to the students claim". The SU President and the Student Senator, Simon Yates, were accompanied to the meeting by two student observers, Bill Nottage and Nita Bowes. A third observer was refused admission. The students intended to open a discussion of the University's system of finances, claiming that the system where the University pays interest on payments between internal University accounts was raising rents unnecessarily. However, the Vice-Chancellor and the Finance Officer shut this topic of discussion down and, despite several Council members asking for it to continue, a motion from Professor Griffiths was passed 27 to 2, stating that the question of rent levels had already be discussed heavily and that negotiations would not be re-opened for that year's rent. The motion also stated that negotiations on next year's rent could only commence as usual if the Students' Union left Senate House.

Following this meeting, it was decided, in a SU Executive meeting, to recommend to that evening's Union General Meeting that the occupation continue, and to call for the release of grant cheques for the term,[nb 1] and to release the Union's funds for the term. In that evening's Union meeting, the motion passed with over 1000 students voting in favour out of the roughly 1200 present. This included the rejection of an ammended motion put forward by a student named Linda Ross that argued that it was in the students' best interest to call off the occupation due to the inevitability of educational expenditure cut backs. This position was rebuked in a speech by Union Secretary Nita Bowes which argued that the educational cutbacks should be opposed, and that to not do so would be to overturn years of Union policy based on the principle that education is a right, not a privelage.[21]

Immediate support and impacts

The Warwick Boar, operating independently from the Students' Union, supported the occupation.[25] Moreover, the staff trade unions largely remained neutral or supported the occupation. The Transport and General Workers' Union passed a motion supporting the rent strike. NALGO addopted a neutral position. The AUT had not resolved anything by the publication of The Warwick Boar No. 37.[21] However, the Vice-Chancellor, Jack Butterworth, claimed that NALGO refused to let its members enter Senate House during the occupation.[18]

Despite concerns that the University's postal service would be disrupted, it remained active from its base in Rootes Hall (now known as Rootes Social Building]]). However, the University had witheld the Students' Union's termly funds, and grant cheques were not being payed.[nb 1] This was despite the fact that the Finance Office in Senate House remained unoccupied, and despite the setting up of an emergency Finance Office in F3.14 in the Engineering Block. This lack of grant cheque payments was considered illegal by the Students' Union, and so, on Friday 25 April, a write was served on Vice-Chancellor Butterworth and Mr. Rowe-Evans, the University Secretary. If uncontested, this would have meant grants would have to be payed to students somehow on Monday 28 April, one week after the start of term. If contested, this would lead to an injunction being heard in the High Court on Tuesday 29 April.[21] However, Butterworth didn't feel that any judge would allow the distrubution of grants due to NALGO's refusal to enter Senate House.[18] Indeed, the University took this up in court, and was winning.[10] The University also began seeking a reposession order against the students to dispell them from Senate House.[8][10]

Moreover, while none of the exams scheduled for the week of the occupation were affected,[21] in an intervew for The Warwick Boar, Professor Phillips-Griffiths warned that there could be a "complete breakdown of the examination system", and Vice-Chancellor Butterworth agreed. This was, at least in part, due to the tight schedule of external examiners, who were required for the marking of finalists' exams. This meant that finalists may not have been able to take their final exams, and so would have had to leave university without a degree, potentially taking their exams the year after instead.[18] Another issue with exams was that, to run them, it would have required the removal of a significant amount of paperwork from Senate House, including 3,300 personal files and examination cards. This would have been impractical,[10] even with the occupiers allowing the University access to this paperwork.[26]

A Union General Meeting held on 8 May 1975 outside Senate House.[27]

Beginning of the end

Around two weeks into the occupation, little progress had been made, and a proposal was put forward in an occupation executive meeting to withdraw. This was shot down, although the SU President, Kasper de Graaf, confided to Mike Adams that he had already decided to withdraw once the exam cancellations became iminent.

On 4 May 1975, a member of the Steering Committee told Mike Adams, who, on the 5th, subsiquently informed other members of the Union and occupation executive, that a number of concessions would be made if the Union withdrew immediately. The other executive members agreed immediately that they would propose an executive motion to withdraw if assurances of the following concessions could be gained in writing:

  • dropping of the £3 fee for late payment of accommodation costs,
  • immediate accommodation forms (for the next academic year) for all rent strikers,
  • no Finance and General Purpose Committee procedures to be taken against rent strikers.

At 12:30pm on 5 May, it was assured by word that a written assurance would be given at 9:30am on 6 May. However, by 1pm on the 5th, the SU President, Kasper de Graaf, had been convinced by the Union Secretary, Nita Bowes, that his initial decision was wrong. Instead, a motion to fight the injunction to remove the students from Senate House was passed at a subsequent Union General Meeting.[10]

End of the occupation

Police at Senate House.[28]

The University succeeded in obtaining a reposession order for Senate House, requiring the student occupiers to leave.[8][10] Students found out about this order and prepared for 30 to 40 police offiers to arrive to carry out it out.[28] On 15 May 1975,[29] after 3.5 weeks of occupation, scouting parties were sent out to the nearby Fletchampstead Highway Police Station. These reported back a force of several coaches parked at the rugby grounds opposite the Canley College of Education.[nb 4] Sleeping bags and other items were collected so that the occupiers were ready to leave. A constant telephone link was maintained between Senate House and the University Telephone Exchange, which was also occupied.

At 7:30am, 12 coaches full of police officers arived outside Whitefields opposite Senate House.[28] The total number of police was over 500.[29] The executive asked the police for 5 minutes while the occupiers gathered their possessions, which was largely a show of bravery as all possessions had already been collected together. None of the people explicitly named in the writ were present at the time, meaning no arrests were made. Moreover, the repossession order only applied to Senate House and so the police were unable to stop the students marching into the Arts Centre and beginning another occupation. Once the students had emptied out, the police conducted a search of the building and then left.

At the University Telephone Exchange, two coaches of police arrived and the student occupiers left peacefully.[28]

Aftermath

Arts Centre occupation

See also: Warwick Students' Union 1975 occupation of Warwick Arts Centre

The repossession order which allowed the University to expell the student occupiers from Senate House on 15 May 1975 did not apply to any other buildings. Hence, the students were able to move directly into Warwick Arts Centre,[28] which they continued to occupy for another week.[29] On Monday 19 May, a motion to continue picketing Senate House was passed, although with a number of abstentions. This was an ammended motion, the original one from the Executive instead proposing to switch to a mass lobby. It was also decided to continue occupying the Arts Centre, pending a decision from the Senate.[30] The Director of the Arts Centre, Alwyne Scrase-Dickens, estimated that this brief occupation set the Arts Centre back 6 months.[31]

Rents and the strike

Ultimately, the rent strike and occupations were unsuccesful, with rents rising further at the start of the 1975-1976 academic year:[14]

Accommodation type Weekly rents in 1975 terms 2 & 3 Weekly rents in 1975 term 1 Increase Percentage increase (1 d.p.)
Rootes Hall
self-catered with cleaning 		£6.50 £7.60 £1.10 16.9%
Tocil Flats, Whitefields, Cryfield Flats
self-catered 		£5.40 £6.31 £0.91 16.9%
Cryfield Hall
included 5 evening meals per week 		£7.90 £9.22 £1.32 16.7%
Average £6.60 £7.71 £1.11 16.8%

Indeed, in the first Union General Meeting of the next academic year, it was decided to continue the rent strike.[32] However, it was called off not long into term 2.[33]

Damages and costs

A report was produced detailing the extent of the damage done to Senate House during the occupation.[34] Had the Union withdrew in early May, the student population would have had equal representation on the damage committee. However, as the occupation didm't end here, this was not the case.[10] The Registry staff who worked in Senate House were suprised by the lack of damage. The damage report included minor damages such as wax stains from candles, cigarette burns, and broken locks, but the Union was let off other points. One of the major complaints was that a 16-year-old cactus in the building had been killed. The Union was considering buying the owner a new one.[34]

Moreover, the Union was presented with a bill from the bailiffs, possibly running into the thousands of pounds, a bill of around £8,000 for the cost of the police action, and 25% of the costs of two legal actions.[10] Due primarily to these costs and the overall costs of the rent strike, the Union was set to make a loss for the year.[35]

Other impacts

As well as the direct financial implications, the occupation also caused a suspension of the then still ongoing talks on the Union Building, as well as a suspension of the talks over the remaning money from the "capitation fee", totaling £20,000, that the University had witheld from the Union at the start of the year and which sparked the initial Arts Centre occupation of the year.[10] £14,000 of this money was desparately needed for the Union Building to open at the start of the next academic year.[35] Moreover, running the Union Building required an increased capitation fee for the upcoming academic year, and talks on securing this were also suspended.

Moreover, the occupation resulted in a delay, described by Mike Adams as "possibly fatal", in establishing an inquiry into the multi-storey carpark.[10] Indeed, by the start of the next academic year, no inquiry or investigation had occured.[5]

Gallery

  • Students entering Senate House through an open window.[20]
    Students entering Senate House through an open window.[20]
  • An early Union General Meeting held outside (and on top off) Senate House.[24]
    An early Union General Meeting held outside (and on top off) Senate House.[24]
  • A Union General Meeting held on 8 May 1975 outside Senate House.[27]
    A Union General Meeting held on 8 May 1975 outside Senate House.[27]
  • Voting at a Union General Meeting held on 8 May 1975 outside Senate House.[27]
    Voting at a Union General Meeting held on 8 May 1975 outside Senate House.[27]
  • A Union General Meeting held outside Senate House.[8]
    A Union General Meeting held outside Senate House.[8]
  • Students outside Senate House.[29]
    Students outside Senate House.[29]
  • Police arrive opposite Senate House.[27]
    Police arrive opposite Senate House.[27]
  • Police at Senate House.[28]
    Police at Senate House.[28]
  • Police at Senate House.[28]
    Police at Senate House.[28]
  • Police kicking students out of Senate House.[27]
    Police kicking students out of Senate House.[27]
  • A banner displayed outside Senate House during the occupation.[36]
    A banner displayed outside Senate House during the occupation.[36]
  • Cropped banner.[37]
    Cropped banner.[37]
  • A lone figure on top of Senate House during the occupation.[21]
    A lone figure on top of Senate House during the occupation.[21]
  • A cartoon jokingly representing how students gained entry to Senate House.[29]
    A cartoon jokingly representing how students gained entry to Senate House.[29]

Footnoes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 At this time, students received a grant which they did not have to pay back, instead of a loan.
  2. ↑ There are arguments to be made that this increase was fair. These arguments looked at the average price of rent across the entire year, which worked out to a roughly 25% increase from the previous year, inline with the grants.[13] See Warwick Students' Union 1975 rent strike for more details.
  3. ↑ The upper portion of the window shown in the photo is 3 bricks tall, and the window meets a wall to it's left at a 90° angle. The only window matching this description on the building is located on the second floor and looks into what used to be part of the Vice-Chancellor's offices.[22]
  4. ↑ Canley College of Education used to be a separate institution from the University of Warwick. However, in 1978, it merged with the University to become the Westwood Campus.

References

  1. ↑ "Introduction to the New Edition" by Hugo Radice (October 2013), part of Warwick University Ltd (2nd ed.), edited by E. P. Thompson, pages i-iii, published by Spokesman Books (2013-12-18), ISBN 9780851248295.
  2. ↑ "BUILDINGS" (May 1973), part of Notes for Students, pages 68-69 (inside back cover), published by the University of Warwick (October 1974). Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/S/NS/10.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Early History of the Warwick Mathematics Institute" by Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman, FRS (June 2004), part of The Histories of Mathematics & Statistics at Warwick, page 12, published by the University of Warwick. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-08-16.
  4. ↑ "The Genesis of the Multi-Storey Car Park" by Geoffrey Renshaw (November 1974), part of University Opinion 1974-5, issue 2, pages 2-4. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/OP/5/2.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "That Car Park: The sordid details" (c. October 1975), part of First Years' Magazine 1975, edited by Niall Kavanagh, Gary Vaux, Godfrey Rust, page 11 (digital: 13), published by Warwick SU. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-09-25. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/S/HB/10.
  6. ↑ "Drawing the Line" (1974-10-10), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 19, edited by Ray Earwicker, page 1. Archived from the original on 2025-09-25. Accessed on 2025-09-25. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/19.
  7. ↑ "Occupation: What Really Happened" (1974-10-17), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 20, edited by Ray Earwicker, page 2. Archived from the original on 2025-09-25. Accessed on 2025-09-25. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/39.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "A Messy Business" (1975-10-07), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 39, edited by Gary Vaux, Dave Wilby, and Godfrey Rust, page 2. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/39.
  9. ↑ "The Union Building" by Nita Bowes (c. October 1975), part of First Years' Magazine 1975, edited by Niall Kavanagh, Gary Vaux, Godfrey Rust, page 9 (digital: 11), published by Warwick SU. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/S/HB/10.
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 "The Costs of Confrontation" by Mike Adams (1975-05-22), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 38, page 2. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/38.
  11. ↑ "Oh, What A Lovely Term" by Ray Earwicker (1974-12-05), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 27, edited by Ray Earwicker, page 2. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-08-16. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/27.
  12. ↑ "The Rent Strike" (1974-12-05), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 27, edited by Ray Earwicker, page 6. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-08-16. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/27.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Reactions to the Rent Strike" by Rolph Schwarzenberger (January 1975), part of University Opinion 1974-5, issue 3, pages 1-3. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/OP/5/3.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 "The cost of being the Mooching Scum" (c. October 1975), part of First Years' Magazine 1975, edited by Niall Kavanagh, Gary Vaux, Godfrey Rust, page 11 (digital: 13), published by Warwick SU. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-08-16. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/S/HB/10.
  15. ↑ "Rents: the Union states its case" by Penny Mead (January 1975), part of University Opinion 1974-5, issue 3, pages 4-5. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/OP/5/3.
  16. ↑ "The Rent Strike: An Alternative Staff View" by James Hinton (March 1975), part of University Opinion 1974-5, issue 4, pages 1-3. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/OP/5/4.
  17. ↑ "That Figures" (1975-04-29), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 37, edited by Steve Wykes, Gary Vaux, Jake Bernard, and Dave Wilby, page 2. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Accessed on 2025-08-17. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/37.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 "Are You Still All Right Jack?A" by David Wilby (1975-04-29), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 37, edited by Steve Wykes, Gary Vaux, Jake Bernard, and Dave Wilby, page 3. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Accessed on 2025-08-17. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/37.
  19. ↑ "Rent Strike Go Ahead" (1974-12-05), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 27, edited by Ray Earwicker, page 1. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-08-16. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/27.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 The Warwick Boar (link), issue 37, edited by Steve Wykes, Gary Vaux, Jake Bernard, and Dave Wilby (1975-04-29). Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Accessed on 2025-08-17. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/37. Page 2.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 "United Action By Exec." (1975-04-29), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 37, edited by Steve Wykes, Gary Vaux, Jake Bernard, and Dave Wilby, page 1. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Accessed on 2025-08-17. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/37.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Arts Centre and Administration Building, University of Warwick" (May 1975), part of The Architectural Review, vol. CLVII, issue 939, page 270. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/PC/1/15.
  23. ↑ The Warwick Boar (link), issue 37, edited by Steve Wykes, Gary Vaux, Jake Bernard, and Dave Wilby (1975-04-29). Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Accessed on 2025-08-17. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/37. Page 4.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 The Warwick Boar (link), issue 37, edited by Steve Wykes, Gary Vaux, Jake Bernard, and Dave Wilby (1975-04-29). Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Accessed on 2025-08-17. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/37. Page 4.
  25. ↑ "Time To Take a Stand" (1975-04-29), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 37, edited by Steve Wykes, Gary Vaux, Jake Bernard, and Dave Wilby, page 2. Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Accessed on 2025-08-17. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/37.
  26. ↑ "Nit-Picketing" by Rob Walker (1975-05-22), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 38, page 4. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/38.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 "Occupation Photos" by Jake (1975-05-22), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 38, page 6. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/38.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 "Thrown Out!" (1975-05-22), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 38, page 1. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/38.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 "The Events of April and May 1975" by Nita Bowes (c. October 1975), part of First Years' Magazine 1975, edited by Niall Kavanagh, Gary Vaux, Godfrey Rust, page 7 (digital: 9), published by Warwick SU. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/S/HB/10.
  30. ↑ "U.G.M." (1975-05-22), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 38, page 1. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Accessed on 2025-09-25. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/38.
  31. ↑ "Occupation hits the Arts Centre" (1975-05-22), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 38, page 9. Archived from the original on 2025-09-25. Accessed on 2025-09-25. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/38.
  32. ↑ "Mulley To Visit Warwick" (1975-10-07), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 40, page 1. Archived from the original on 2025-09-25. Accessed on 2025-09-25. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/40.
  33. ↑ "Dixon makes a mark" (1976-01-15), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 48, page 3. Archived from the original on 2025-09-25. Accessed on 2025-09-25. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/40.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Damage Report" (1975-05-22), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 38, page 1. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/38.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Union News" (1975-05-22), part of The Warwick Boar, issue 38, page 3. Archived from the original on 2025-09-24. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/38.
  36. ↑ First Years' Magazine 1975 (link), edited by Niall Kavanagh, Gary Vaux, Godfrey Rust (c. October 1975), published by Warwick SU. Archived from the original on 2025-08-16. Accessed on 2025-09-24. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/S/HB/10. Page 11 (digital: 13).
  37. ↑ The Warwick Boar (link), issue 37, edited by Steve Wykes, Gary Vaux, Jake Bernard, and Dave Wilby (1975-04-29). Archived from the original on 2025-08-17. Accessed on 2025-08-17. Available in the University of Warwick Archive, Modern Records Centre, UWA/PUB/WB/37. Page 1.
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