Press Release: Plymouth Marjon University drops fossil fuel investments

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Today Plymouth Marjon University has announced its divestment from fossil fuels, updating their Ethical Investment Policy to exclude all fossil fuel investments from their portfolio. This move also forms part of Plymouth Marjon University’s larger sustainability strategy.

Image of people holding placards with the text 'Newcastle Students' Union and UCU branch vote to back FOssil Free Careers'

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Newcastle University Students’ Union has voted to boycott fossil fuel industries as part of a continued student campaign for the University to cut its recruitment ties with the fossil fuel industry.

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Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) has become the fourth university in the UK to exclude oil, gas, and mining companies from recruiting on campus. The Lincoln-based university joins the University of Bedfordshire, the University of the Arts London, and Wrexham Glyndwr University, who all ended recruitment ties with the fossil fuel industry in December 2022.

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Cardiff University Students’ Union has voted to boycott fossil fuel recruiters following a successful student union motion. This comes as campaigners at Cardiff call on the University to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry.

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Today the University of Greenwich has announced its divestment from fossil fuels, updating their Ethical Investment Policy to exclude all fossil fuel investments from their portfolio.

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The University of Brighton UNISON branch has voted to back the Fossil Free Careers campaign, calling on the University to end its recruitment relationships with the fossil fuel industry. The campaign, coordinated by student-led campaigning charity People & Planet, demands UK universities adopt an Ethical Careers Policy which excludes oil, gas and mining industries from careers recruitment.

Swansea University Students’ Union has become the first in Wales to boycott oil, gas, and mining recruitment, after a motion was passed as part of the student-led Fossil Free Careers campaign. It now joins the Swansea University and College Union (UCU) branch which has also voted to back the Fossil Free Careers campaign.

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Goldsmiths Students’ Union has voted to boycott fossil fuel recruiters as part of the student-led Fossil Free Careers campaign.The campaign, coordinated by student-led campaigning charity People & Planet, demands UK universities end oil, gas and mining industry recruitment on campus.

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Today the University of Portsmouth has announced its divestment from fossil fuels. This comes as the university updates its Ethical Investment Policy to exclude all fossil fuel industry investments.

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Falmouth & Exeter Students’ Union has voted to boycott fossil fuel recruiters as part of a student-led campaign to cut ties between the university and the fossil fuel industry.

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Press Release: Plymouth Marjon University drops fossil fuel investments

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Press Release:Fourth UK university bans fossil fuel recruitment on campus

Cardiff Students’ Union Boycott Fossil Fuel Recruiters

Press Release: University of Greenwich drops fossil fuel investments

Brighton UNISON Branch Backs Fossil Free Careers

Swansea Students’ Union and UCU branch are first in Wales to Boycott Fossil Fuel Recruitment

Goldsmiths Students’ Union Boycotts Fossil Fuel Recruiters

Press Release: University of Portsmouth drops fossil fuel investments

Falmouth & Exeter Students’ Union Boycotts Fossil Fuel Recruiters

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