Investigate how the newly-established universities develop into research-intensive universities? First review the history of the establishment of seven British universities in the 1960s (also called plateglass universities) to illustrate how these universities formed (under what situations), the new aspects of the seven universities (curriculum, research and community engagement), and how they developed into research-intensive universities?

New Seven Universities in the 1960s

This paper tries to investigate how the newly-established universities develop into research-intensive universities? First review the history of the establishment of seven British universities in the 1960s (also called plateglass universities) to illustrate how these universities formed (under what situations), the new aspects of the seven universities (curriculum, research and community engagement), and how they developed into research-intensive universities?

I. Introduction

1. Definition:
-What are the seven universities?
-Why are they called plate-glass universities?
-How did they differ from OXBRIDGE or Redbrick universities?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_glass_university
(Please DO NOT use a source from the wiki, but you can see the name came from Beloff )

2. Background

-Why were the seven universities established? (Historical report: UGC report & Robbins report)
-What are the locations of the seven universities? (differ from red bricks, they are located in industrial cities)

-what are the academic position of the seven universities? (differ from redbricks)

3. Thesis
-what are their current research rankings?
-how do they become research-intensive universities?
(please see RAE or REF rankings on websites; each university lists their research ability and orders, paying attention to their top subjects. E.g., https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/facts/rankings)

II. Curriculum

-What are the “new” aspects of these seven universities in the curriculum? (in the 1960s and now)
-how did these differ from red bricks, and why? (e.g., meet social development)
-How did the curriculum help them achieve success? (students satisfaction, rankings, teaching, employment…)

III. Research (Major part because this paper tries to investigate why the newly-established universities develop into research-intensive universities? )

– How did they attract faculty and scholar in their early history? (the 1960s)
– What are the “new” aspects of the seven universities in research?
– What is the achievement in their research field?
(use RAE 2008 and REF rankings 2014 2018, use table to show seven universities research abilities)
– How do they develop into research-intensive universities?

IV. Community Engagement

-relations with communities and local business/ industry (e.g., support/ resources/employment)

V. Implications ?major parts?

-For newly-established universities, what can they learn from the sevens’ experiences?
– curriculum/research/social or community engagement
(list several points)

VI. Conclusion