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Joe Lo

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University of Sheffield to Build Arms-Dealer Funded Research Centre

    University of Sheffield to Build Arms-Dealer Funded Research Centre

    The University of Sheffield announced on the 6th of June that it had secured funding for a £43-million Research Factory. Their website boasts that “leading manufacturers including Boeing, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Spirit AeroSystems are committed to supporting the project”. The project has also received £10 million from the taxpayer through the Higher Education […]
    10/6/2013
    Five North-Western Universities Partner with BAE to Develop Drones

      Five North-Western Universities Partner with BAE to Develop Drones

      The GAMMA programme is a three-year programme to develop and improve “autonomous systems”. According to the University of Liverpool, (one of the universities involved in the programme) autonomous systems are technology based solutions that replace humans in tasks that are mundane, dangerous and dirty, or detailed and precise, across sectors, including aerospace, nuclear, automotive and […]
      4/6/2013
      Portsmouth University to Oversee Courses at the Omani Military Technical College

        Portsmouth University to Oversee Courses at the Omani Military Technical College

        The University of Portsmouth will provide “academic guidance” to courses that will train up to 4,200 engineering students at the new Military Technical College of Oman. In the words of the University, The Military Technological College will provide academic education and training for the Omani armed forces and Ministry of Defence engineering services Oman is […]
        28/5/2013
        Kirkham Grammar School Provides Accomodation for BAE Taster Weeks

          Kirkham Grammar School Provides Accomodation for BAE Taster Weeks

          BAE Systems are holding two “taster weeks” in July for teenagers “thinking of studying Engineering at university”. Accommodation is being provided by Kirkham Grammar School, a school near BAE’s site in Preston which claims to have a “christian ethos”. If you could politely email the headmaster expressing your concerns that would be amazing. His email […]
          29/4/2013