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A year on from the occupations and student activism against the arms trade has not abated. With a day of action followed by a gathering in York students are making themselves heard. On 24 February students across the UK took action against their university’s links with the arms trade. Actions included a vigil in memory […]

Careers fairs provide the perfect opportunity to disrupt the arms’ industry’s sordid trade, and students in Sheffield have tried a number of different methods in our attempts to scupper their recruitment process. From banner drops to die-ins, all manner of approaches have been employed, but for me the most effective strategy is simply to dismantle […]

As an Engineer I was invited to go to a presentation by BAE Systems. Not only was I annoyed that the recruitment and careers services were doing BAE’s marketing for them, but I was familiar with what BAE got up to and so I decided that it was time someone exposed them on campus. Having […]

We had a great day – we did the normal leafleting and petitioning of all the people entering and leaving the careers fair, we sold peace poppies and sent postcards off to MPs. We had some people dressed up as eye-catching zombies and others dressed up as corporate types promoting BAE Systems and handing out […]

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 […]

Campaigners at University College London (UCL) are gearing up for a week of protest against the investments held by their university. They are hoping this will be the final stage of the campaign for divestment, broadly supported by students, staff and alumni. The Disarm UCL campaign was launched early this year. It quickly gained the […]

A sustained, four-year campaign by students at St Andrew University has led to the University Court adopting the Ethical Investment Policy drawn up jointly by the activists and university Finance Director. The policy means that social and environmental issues will be considered alongside financial ones, meaning that investment in companies such as BAE Systems will […]

The Students Union at Sheffield University has passed a motion calling on their university to divest from the arms trade. The motion was passed by a solid majority. More explicitly, the Union has declared that it is opposed to the university dealing with the arms trade in any form. This includes through shareholding, research funding […]

Members of Manchester Students Union have been told by University officials that they will look into the University’s arms investments. Read more here.