# plate-glass university

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of several universities founded in the United Kingdom in the 1960s in the era of the Robbins Report on higher education.

## Etymology
Modelled on red brick university, from the use of plate glass in modern architecture. Coined by British barrister Michael Beloff in 1970.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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