red brick universities

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Definition of red brick universities in English English dictionary

plural form of red brick university

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red brick university

any traditional British university other than Oxford or Cambridge, especially one founded in the Victorian age in a large city

It took a while before he told me his background: a happy childhood; two degrees - a bachelor’s from a red brick university and an Oxbridge PhD; a relatively high-flying job in academia that he liked rather than loved. -- Adrian Turpin, Financial Times, Not tonight darling, I'm online, March 31, 2006. Retrieved March 31, 2006, from http://news.ft.com/cms/s/c65a4966-bfbb-11da-939f-0000779e2340%2C_i_rssPage=daa36138-ce4f-11d7-81c6-0820abe49a01.html.

Hyphenation

Red Brick universities

Turkish pronunciation

red brîk yunıvırsıtiz

Pronunciation

/ˈred ˈbrək ˌyo͞onəˈvərsətēz/ /ˈrɛd ˈbrɪk ˌjuːnəˈvɜrsətiːz/