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Huge numbers of students attended a General Meeting of Manchester Student Union, where a motion was passed opposing Manchester’s investments in the arms trade. Read more here.

Students achieved an exciting investment success at Goldsmiths. After a decision to picket the warden, the college agreed to drop its shares in companies involved in the arms trade. Read the report by Grace Lally, from Goldsmiths Respect, in the Socialist Worker

After opening a dialogue with their finance director in December, following CAAT’s publication of shareholding figures, Bangor Uni Liberal Democrat Society (BULDS), Bangor Amnesty Student Group and United Nations Youth and Students Association secured divestment and the adoption of an ethical investment policy by their university. BULDS released the following statement on receiving such a […]

Students from Bristol University Amnesty International and People & Planet societies have proposed and defended a motion at their Students’ Union AGM in favour of ethical investment. The Union’s Vice-President will now lobby the University to commission an independent ethical audit of current investments, divest from arms companies and to adopt an ethical investment policy […]

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 […]

On the 6th December an overwhelming majority passed a motion to mandate York University Students Union to engage in a sustained campaign on ethical investment. The inadequacy of the University’s current policy is highlighted in the motion – York Uni holds 115000 direct shares in BAE Systems, as revealed by CAAT’s University Clean Investment Campaign.

Students in Manchester organised a ‘die-in’ in order to put pressure on their University to stop investing in the arms trade. Read more here.

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.

SOAS sells off arms shares London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has announced that it is to sell all of its investments in arms companies as a direct result of public disclosures by CAAT, and pressure from staff and lecturers. The story was published by London Student and subsequently taken up by members […]