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redbrick university

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Noun1.redbrick university - (British informal) a provincial British university of relatively recent founding; distinguished from Oxford University and Cambridge University
university - establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom


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Students from low-income homes receive, on average, £1,000 less in bursaries a year if they go to a former polytechnic rather than a redbrick university, according to a report which calls for the bursary system to be nationalised to guarantee all students fair access to funding.
Middlesborough, Chester, Huddersfield, Leicester, Hatfield, Ipswich and Canterbury are all experiencing strong growth in student tenant demand, in addition to the traditional redbrick university cities of Sheffield, York, Oxford and Bath.
If money is a big issue for students, the survey suggests studying in traditional redbrick university towns like Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham and Leicester, which all have below average rents.
 
 
 
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