"university backed" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that has the support or endorsement of a university. Example: "The newly launched startup company received a lot of attention due to its university backed research and development."
Sheffield University had initially threatened to further dock pay but the university backed down after staff protests.
The university backed the school authorities' contentions that her posting was "unprofessional" and might "promote under-age drinking".
This article was amended on 28 August 2013 to reflect that the university backed down and admitted 1,800 students.
The university, backed by the big guns of academia, argues that the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or Ferpa, forbids disclosure of such information — and threatens the loss of federal financing if it hands over private records.
The Observer can also reveal plans, to be announced within the next few weeks, to set up a big society university, backed by a multimillion-pound endowment, that will train future generations of community workers.
Oklahoma State Coach Mike Gundy said the university backed the reinstatement of the star receiver Dez Bryant, less than a week after declaring him ineligible for lying to the N.C.A.A. On Wednesday, Oklahoma State suspended Bryant, an all-American receiver, for lying about his relationship with the former N.F.L. star Deion Sanders.
Instead, the university backs a London-wide student representative body, to include the rapid growth in the city's higher and further education institutions outside the University of London.
A native English speaker with a BSc in psychology from a UK university back-translated the Italian version into English.
The threatened "robust and challenging" regime for universities, backed by numerical targets for admission of students from poor homes, has given way to much softer criteria.
Students at at least five other universities backed up her claims; some said they were working 12 hours a day.
But faculty at the state's universities — backed by national higher education groups — say he is risking the quality and prestige of one of the country's leading state universities to fuel his presidential ambitions.
