New Universities Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

In the United Kingdom, the term New University has two meanings regarding British universities.

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The term New University may refer to one of the several universities founded in the 1960s following the Robbins Report on higher education, often called Glass Plate universities:

• University of East Anglia
• University of Essex
• University of Kent
• University of Keele
• University of Lancaster
• University of Stirling
• University of Sussex
• University of Warwick
• New University of Ulster
• University of York

Many of these institutions have interesting architecture; concrete is a dominant theme, often to the dismay of several modern observers.

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The term New University has more recently been used to describe any of the former polytechnics or colleges of higher education that were given the status of universities by John Major's government in 1992, often called a Post-1992 university:

• Abertay University
• Anglia Polytechnic University
• University of Brighton
• Bournemouth University
• University of Central England
• University of Central Lancashire
• Coventry University
• University of Derby
• De Montfort University
• University of East London
• University of Glamorgan
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• University of Greenwich
• University of Hertfordshire
• University of Huddersfield
• University of Humberside
• Kingston University
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Liverpool John Moores University
• London Guildhall University - now part of London Metropolitan University
• University of Luton
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• Middlesex University
• Napier University
• University of North London - now part of London Metropolitan University
• University of Northumbria
• Nottingham Trent University
• Oxford Brookes University
• University of Paisley
• University of Plymouth
• University of Portsmouth
• Sheffield Hallam University
• South Bank University
• Staffordshire University
• University of Sunderland
• University of Teesside
• Thames Valley University
• Robert Gordon University
• University of the West of England
• University of Westminster
• University of Wolverhampton

These universities award their academic degrees and received university status after the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992 came into effect.

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