plateglass universities
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plateglass — adjective Usage: often capitalized Date: 1968 of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the latter half of the 20th century compare Oxbridge, redbrick 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
plateglass — ¦ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: plate glass, noun : of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the latter half of the twentieth century compare oxbridge herein redbrick herein … Useful english dictionary
Plate glass university — The term plate glass university (or plateglass university) has come into use by some to refer to one of the several universities founded in the United Kingdom in the 1960s in the era of the Robbins Report on higher education. Contrary to popular… … Wikipedia
Michael Beloff — The Honourable Michael Jacob Beloff QC (b. 1942) is a prominent English barrister. His adoption of the title or style The Honourable is a consequence of his father Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, having been awarded a life peerage in 1981. A member of… … Wikipedia
redbrick — adjective Date: 1835 1. built of red brick 2. often capitalized [from the common use of red brick in constructing the buildings of recently founded universities] of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th … New Collegiate Dictionary
Oxbridge — adjective Etymology: Oxford + Cambridge Date: 1955 of, relating to, or characteristic of Oxford and Cambridge Universities compare plateglass, redbrick 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
