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Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest arms company, has announced the relocation of some of its Scotland offices to Glasgow, citing Glasgow’s “flagship universities” as a key reason for the move. This is another clear example of how much UK universities are relied on for propping up the arms trade. Lockheed Martin is the world’s largest […]

Mike Allwright, a Biological Sciences PhD student, writes on a student campaign for ethical investment at the University of Southampton; asking their University to seize the opportunity to invest for the health of global society and the environment. In the past few years many university campuses have seen campaigns calling for the ethical investment of […]

Many students choose to do a year in industry placement as part of their degree. Academic departments often publish a list of possible placement options, or students can find their own. What university departments don’t do however, is give students any information about the ethics of the companies the placements are with, or any guidance […]

Hello! I’m Rachel, your new Universities Network coordinator.  I got involved with CAAT when I was studying physics at university after I realised how insidious and pandemic the arms trade’s involvement was at my university and in my academic department.  I loved campaigning at university and I’ve seen first hand what can be achieved, so […]

 

Hello all, Today is my last day as the Universities Coordinator, very sad news I know but it means that CAAT are now recruiting for next year, so if you’re tempted you’ve got until the 3rd of June to apply! If you need any support before the next coordinator starts in July then get in touch […]

  Tom Sykes explores the ethical problems with Portsmouth University’s ongoing involvement with the international arms trade. In 1969, Professor Noam Chomsky joined a commission to investigate the financing of his university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A prescient and forthright critic of the Vietnam War, Chomsky was shocked to discover that the US Defense Department […]

The University of Edinburgh, which is already under pressure from divestment groups pushing for a withdrawal from fossil fuel companies, has pledged to hold an arms review group in the summer. A spokesman for the university said: “An Armaments Review Group will be established to review questions around investments in armaments companies. “Just like the […]

  The University of Glasgow is under growing pressure to divest after NUS Scotland revealed that Glasgow University has £1.3m invested in a number of arms companies including BAE Systems. A new petition, already signed by 200 people, highlights that: Last year students of Glasgow University successfully managed to convince the university to divest from harmful fossil fuels, and we […]