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The Free University of Sheffield asks: should killing fund your education? Hey Uni of Sheffield, remember this? You partnered up with BAE Systems to develop stealth technology for submarines. BAE Systems Design Authority and Engineering Director John Hudson officially marked the start of the new partnership. He said: “We have been working closely with the University […]

Students across the country have gone into occupation demanding, amongst other things, a fairer education system and an end to university links with the arms trade. Occupy LSE We demand that the school cuts its ties to exploitative and destructive organisations, such as those involved in wars, military occupations and the destruction of the planet. This includes […]

Information uncovered by NUS Scotland shows that Scottish Universities including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strathclyde and Aberdeen-based Robert Gordon have nearly £3 million invested in companies linked to the arms trade. Including £1.3m invested by Glasgow University in a number of firms including BAE Systems. Kirsty Haigh, of NUS Scotland, said it was “shameful” universities were still […]

BAE Chairman Roger Carr’s visit to speak at the University of Southampton last week was met with fierce opposition from students and locals. Students from the university joined forces with Southampton Campaign Against Arms Trade to show their opposition to BAE Systems and highlight the links between the university and the destructive arms industry. A lively protest took place outside […]

The University of Edinburgh is under renewed pressure to completely disinvest from the arms industry after over 50 academics signed an open letter calling for the institution to divest from the arms trade and fossil fuels. The University of Edinburgh’s endowment fund is the third largest in the UK valued at £230 million. The calls build on the enormous […]

The University of Sheffield received nearly £30m from companies involved in the arms trade in the past five years, a Freedom of Information request by The Free University of Sheffield has found. Rolls-Royce, which produces military aircraft engines and earns 23 per cent of its turnover from arms, invested £4,730,924 in the University last year […]

Hot off the press, the new ‘Don’t dither – divest’ campaign guide for students is now available. Brilliantly produced and thoroughly researched by NUS Scotland this resource pulls together everything you could possibly want to know about university divestment campaigns, all in one easily accessible place. Can’t get enough of this kind of thing? There’s more here

  Lancaster University Against Arms Trade report on a recent action: To coincide with planned divestment day activities, students at Lancaster university redecorated a 10′ high sign outside the university campus, using wallpaper and wheat paste. The sign read ‘BAE Systems university: complicit in murder’, and was designed to draw attention to Lancaster universities ongoing partnerships and […]

After a year long campaign by Lancaster University’s Ethical Investment Group (LUEIG) the University has agreed to consider an Ethical Investment Policy put forward by the group. Currently, around 14% of the University’s investments are in fossil fuels and nearly 4% of investments are in the arms trade. Over 1000 students have already signed the “Divest Lancaster […]