This is like saying it's your fault you got burgled because you own a house. No!
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As I've said before in conversation with Rik and
@maria_ndrnh [at least those 2!] bluebricks are the worst. The more prestige the more BS. -
you have the coolest slang but I'm not very hip :). bluebricks?
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Here's a Limerick on the blue bricks: https://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?Word=blue%20brick%20university …
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And a wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_university …
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It's meant to be a way of segregating UK unis into blue and red bricks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_brick_university …
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It's now customary to refer to Ox & Cam (and others!) as blue and Russel group as red, so both carry prestige — but obv the blues more so.
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ahh kind of "ivy league" but with a few extra hundred years added on :)
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