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The CAAT Universities Network exists to provide students and staff in higher education with information on arms companies' ties to universities and to encourage them to actively campaign and participate in breaking these ties.

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Durham students run miniature ‘arms fair’ outside careers fair

One of the students involved reports on the day’s action:

The good news is we stayed for the whole event and managed to speak to, quite literally, everyone who visited the careers fair.

Inspired by Charlie Brooker’s anti-arms trade “GUN SAAAALE” routine, we set up our own miniature arms fair on a nearby bench to … More »

Bristol students say that inviting Barclays onto their campus is ‘NOT OK’

Bristol students, including a number of Student Union officers, protested the presence of Barclays at their Autumn Careers Fair last month.

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Disruption at London Graduate Fair

Activists protested the presence of arms companies BAE Systems and Raytheon at the London Graduate Fair this week. Outraged at the presence of BAE Systems and Raytheon at the event, activists aimed to both disrupt the smooth running of the BAE stall and to inform students about the companies.

 

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Warwick students protest at their careers fair

At their most recent careers fair, Warwick University students organised a die-in at the BAE Systems stall. While the students lay ‘dead’ on the floor, one student shouted loudly about BAE’s record. Outside the fair the group, Weapons out of Warwick, gave out a ‘Fair Information’ booklet, a guide to the ethical record of those … More »

Anti-drones demonstration in Leicester

Students and local residents protest at the UAV Tactical Systems company based in Leicester. It builds the Watchkeeper and is in part set up by the Israeli company Elbit Systems. Elbit specializes in the manufacturing of electronic defence devices for the Israeli Army.

Demonstration at Edinburgh University Careers Fair

Report on the recent action in Edinburgh:

Once again we returned to Edinburgh University to flyer students heading in to the careers fair about the presence of arms companies on campus, as we had already discovered that the arms companies BAE Systems, Thales and Selex would be attempting to recruit students inside the fair. … More »

BAE Systems protest at Lancaster campus

Lancaster University students recently protested a BAE Conference held on their campus. Despite the secrecy surrounding the event, (the students only found out about it by chance), they were able to show BAE that they are not welcome on Lancaster campus.

Read all about the action on the Lancaster University student newspaper website.

Manchester ‘die-in’ sees off BAE

Students at Manchester University sent arms company BAE packing after a protest at a BAE workshop.

Students informed others about BAE before holding a ‘die-in’ outside the event room. Students lay, as if dead, on the ground holding tombstone shaped placards which displayed information about the arms trade.

Read Tom Fox’s article in the Manchester … More »

York Students Campaign For Ethical Funding Policy

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.

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