Editing Brunel University of London (section)

===Origins===
Brunel University of London is one of a number of British universities which were established in the 1960s following the [[Robbins Report]] on higher education. It is sometimes described as a "[[plate glass university]]". The university's origins lie in Acton Technical College, which was split into two in 1957: Acton Technical College continued to cater for technicians and craftsmen, and the new Brunel College of Technology (named after [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]], the British engineer) was dedicated to the education of [[Chartered Engineer (UK)|chartered engineer]]s.

The campus buildings, including [[Brunel University lecture centre|the lecture centre]], were designed in the [[Brutalist architecture|Brutalist]] style of architecture by [[Sheppard Robson|Richard Sheppard, Robson & Partners, Architects]].

In 1960 Brunel College of Technology was awarded the status of [[College of Advanced Technology (United Kingdom)|College of Advanced Technology]], and it was decided that it should expand at another site in order to accommodate the extra buildings that would be needed. [[Uxbridge]] was chosen to house the new buildings. Before construction work began the college was officially renamed Brunel College of Advanced Technology in 1962 – the tenth Advanced Technology College in the country, and the last to be awarded this title.

The [[Uxbridge (Vine Street) branch line|Uxbridge (Vine Street) railway branch line]] was closed in 1964, and the college purchased the land adjacent to its site where the railway had run for £65,000 from the local council.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brunel.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/26547/Annual_Report_2005.pdf |title=Annual Report 2005 |year=2005 |publisher=Brunel University |access-date=5 May 2011 |archive-date=20 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920005340/https://www.brunel.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/26547/Annual_Report_2005.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>