Plate glass university
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The term Plate glass university has come into use by some to refer to one of the several universities founded in the United Kingdom in the 1960s following the Robbins Report on higher education. The term reflects their modern architectural design, which often contains wide expanses of plate glass in steel or concrete frames. This contrasts with the (largely Victorian) Red Brick universities and the much older Ancient universities.
While many of these institutions have interesting architecture, concrete often dominates to the dismay of modern observers.
The phrase New University often appears as a synonym for the Plate glass institutions, however since 1992, this term has tended to be applied to the Post-1992 universities (consisting mostly of former polytechnics) instead.
[edit] List of plate glass universities
- Aston University
- Brunel University
- University of Bath
- University of Bradford
- City University, London
- University of East Anglia
- University of Essex
- Heriot-Watt University
- University of Kent
- Lancaster University
- Loughborough University
- University of Salford
- University of Stirling
- University of Strathclyde
- University of Surrey
- University of Sussex
- University of Warwick
- University of Ulster
- University of York
