Academia to Industry: How university research benefits Arms Companies

Today is my last day working at Campaign Against Arms Trade! It’s been fantastic to have the chance to work with energetic and enthusiastic students all across the country who’ve been doing tons of great work to cut ties between their universities and arms companies. These have been some of the highlights of working at […]

Arms companies are currently rubbing their hands with glee as they eye up UK universities full of highly skilled students. Over at the University of Manchester, BAE Systems have been exploiting students’ labour to develop new types of drones that will have the potential to be used in conflicts around the world. At Cranfield University, […]

Students from University of Leeds (UoL) Amnesty International Society are building support for their campaign against the arms trade on campus. Their campaign has focused on the UK’s role in arming Saudi Arabia, which has continued despite the brutal attacks on the people of Yemen. The Saudi bombardment has been central to the ever growing humanitarian catastrophe in […]