Military research

Students campaigning against York University’s undertaking of  research funded by arms companies, yesterday protested on York campus. The lively protest, involving a talk from the local MP, protest poetry and drumming, called for the adoption of an ethical funding policy, to build on the ethical investment policy already held by York. Read the original article here.

The Newcastle University newspaper, The Courier, has revealed university shares in arms company, BAE. Shockingly, shares in the company have almost doubled since 2009, when the university agreed to review its ethical investment policy. Read more here.

Nouse, the University of York’s student newspaper, has revealed that the University of York takes money from arms companies for research. Read the original article.

Student campaigners across Britain joined ranks on Wednesday to call on their Directors of Finance to sell arms company shares and adopt ethical investment policies. At around midday, protesters at University College London (UCL) donned suits and plastic guns and posed as arms dealers. This drew the attention of both students and staff to the […]

Alongside the high profile campaign surrounding the George Fox 6, Lancaster students have been highlighting possible links between Lancaster University’s actions with regards to students protesting at a ‘Corporate Venturing’ conference, the commercialisation of research and the holding of shares in companies including BAE Systems – who attended the conference. Lancaster University SU has this […]

Students from Bristol University and the University of West England linked with People & Planet, Amnesty International and Bristol Campaign Against Arms Trade to stage a die-in in October outside the Science, Engineering and IT Careers Fair at Bristol University’s Wills Memorial Building. Read the full story here.