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Activists challenged the presence of arms company Raytheon UK at the London Graduate Fair this week. The protesters gathered to call on the organisers of the fair to stop promoting arms companies at their events. They also distributed leaflets to those waiting to enter, to inform them about the devastating work of Raytheon UK.

Students at Warwick held a dramatic die-in at their Careers Fair. Below is an account of the action by Jac Bastian, coordinator of Weapons out of Warwick. On the 11th of October the University of Warwick hosted a Careers Fair with BAE Systems and Rolls Royce Plc in attendance as well as Barclays and HSBC. […]

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Imogen Michel from Edinburgh CAAT reports on their latest action against BAE. Tuesday 29 May 2012, 11am-4pm Edinburgh University Graduate Careers Fair at Adam House, Chambers Street. “It was with great regret that we had to return to the Edinburgh University Careers Fair again this Spring to protest the presence of BAE Systems inside the […]

One of the students involved reports on the day’s action: The good news is we stayed for the whole event and managed to speak to, quite literally, everyone who visited the careers fair. Inspired by Charlie Brooker’s anti-arms trade “GUN SAAAALE” routine, we set up our own miniature arms fair on a nearby bench to […]

Bristol students, including a number of Student Union officers, protested the presence of Barclays at their Autumn Careers Fair last month.

Activists protested the presence of arms companies BAE Systems and Raytheon at the London Graduate Fair this week. Outraged at the presence of BAE Systems and Raytheon at the event, activists aimed to both disrupt the smooth running of the BAE stall and to inform students about the companies.  

At their most recent careers fair, Warwick University students organised a die-in at the BAE Systems stall. While the students lay ‘dead’ on the floor, one student shouted loudly about BAE’s record. Outside the fair the group, Weapons out of Warwick, gave out a ‘Fair Information’ booklet, a guide to the ethical record of those […]