Plate Glass University - Beloff's Plateglass Universities

Beloff's Plateglass Universities

  • University of East Anglia (1963)
  • University of Essex (1964/5)
  • University of Kent (1965)
  • Lancaster University (1964)
  • University of Sussex (1961)
  • University of Warwick (1965)
  • University of York (1963)

Certain aspects of the design of these universities acknowledges the formation of the group; for example, at Sussex the first batches of student residences to be built were named after some of the other new universities, i.e. "Essex House", "Kent House", "Lancaster House", "Norwich House" (for UEA), and "York House".

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