Editing Plate glass university (section)

{{Short description|Group of 1960s universities in England}}
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[[File:Central Hall University of York.jpg|thumb|The [[University of York]]'s [[Central Hall, University of York|Central Hall.]]]]

A '''plate glass university''' or '''plateglass university''' is one of a group of universities in the [[United Kingdom]] established or promoted to university status in the 1960s.<ref name=Definition>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQQzDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA234|pages=234–235|title=The Routledge Student Guide to English Usage: A Guide to Academic Writing for Students|author=Stewart Clark, Graham Pointon|publisher=[[Routledge]]|date=20 May 2016|isbn=9781317391173}}</ref> The original plate glass universities were established following decisions by the [[University Grants Committee (UK)|University Grants Committee]] (UGC) in the late 1950s and early 1960s, prior to the [[Robbins Report]] in 1963.<ref name=Robbins>{{cite book|url=http://www.educationengland.org.uk/documents/robbins/robbins1963.html#04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030011903/http://www.educationengland.org.uk/documents/robbins/robbins1963.html#04|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2013|page=24|date=1963|quote=Despite the expansion that had been achieved in the existing universities it became evident by 1958 that more universities were going to be needed. In that year the government, on the advice of the University Grants Committee, approved the establishment of the University of Sussex and, in the following years, of six more universities at Norwich, York, Canterbury, Colchester, Coventry and Lancaster.|title=Higher Education – Report of the Committee appointed by the Prime Minister under the Chairmanship of Lord Robbins|access-date=29 December 2015}}</ref> However, the term has since expanded to encompass the institutions that became universities as a result of Robbins' recommendations.<ref name=Definition/>