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	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:26:45 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Manchester Metropolitan University Tops Ranking of 147 UK Universities by Sustainability and Ethics Criteria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Edge Hill University excludes both border and fossil fuel industry companies from investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Submissions open for new social justice campaign</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 12:13:30 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2025-09-26/submissions-open-for-new-social-justice-campaign</link>
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		<title>Roehampton University ends careers relationships with fossil fuel, mining and arms companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 09:18:28 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2025-05-29/roehampton-university-ends-careers-relationships-with-fossil-fuel-mining-and-arms-companies</link>
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		<title>UCL and Bath Students’ Unions Vote to Cut Ties with Fossil Fuel Recruiters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Students’ Unions at UCL and Bath have voted overwhelmingly to boycott fossil fuel recruiters.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:39:55 +0100</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2025-04-30/ucl-and-bath-students-unions-vote-to-cut-ties-with-fossil-fuel-recruiters</link>
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		<title>Press release: Arts University Bournemouth bans fossil fuel and arms industry recruitment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2025-02-12/press-release-arts-university-bournemouth-bans-fossil-fuel-and-arms-industry-recruitment</link>
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		<title>Post-92 universities lead the way in sustainable higher education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 16:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-12-20/post-92-universities-lead-the-way-in-sustainable-higher-education</link>
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		<title>100% of Welsh universities divest from fossil fuels</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-12-05/100-of-welsh-universities-divest-from-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>10 universities ban fossil fuel industry recruitment, as Aberystywth ends careers relationships with oil, gas and mining companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-12-04/10-universities-ban-fossil-fuel-industry-recruitment-as-aberystywth-ends-careers-relationships-with-oil-gas-and-mining-companies</link>
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		<title>UK first as Staffordshire University excludes both border and fossil fuel industry companies from their investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-11-20/uk-first-as-staffordshire-university-excludes-both-border-and-fossil-fuel-industry-companies-from-their-investments</link>
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		<title>Heriot-Watt University excludes all fossil fuel investments - despite wider industry ties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Heriot-Watt University becomes the 110th UK university to divest from fossil fuels.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 09:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-10-30/heriot-watt-university-excludes-all-fossil-fuel-investments-despite-wider-industry-ties</link>
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		<title>Royal Academy of Music Excludes Fossil Fuel, Mining and Arms Recruitment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:10:01 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Press Release: Goldsmiths University Ends Fossil Fuel and Arms Recruitment On Campus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:36:32 +0100</pubDate>
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		<title>Press Release: KCL Students’ Union calls for Fossil Free Careers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:55:08 +0100</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Non Student Trustee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Students subvert Open Day advertising to demand divestment from the border industry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Liverpool Hope University excludes all fossil fuel investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2024-02-21/liverpool-hope-university-excludes-all-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>FIVE UK UNIVERSITIES JOIN THE FOSSIL FREE MOVEMENT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VICTORY! FIVE more universities divest from all fossil fuels!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-12-01/five-uk-universities-join-the-fossil-free-movement</link>
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		<title>25% of UK Unis Divest from Fossil Fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quarter of UK higher education institutions have committed to some form of divestment from fossil fuels. This is a massive victory for the Fossil Free campaign, still only three years old in the UK.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-11-22/25-uk-unis-divest-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Swansea University Bans Oil and Gas Recruitment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oil, gas, and tar sands companies have been banned from recruiting at Swansea University, following an 18-month campaign by students and staff. As part of a new Ethical Careers Policy implemented by the University, oil, gas, and tar sands companies will be unable to access careers fairs and employer events organised by the university careers service, and the university will no]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-11-15/swansea-university-bans-oil-and-gas-recruitment</link>
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		<title>First Three English Universities Divest from the Border Industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Divest Borders victory as Northumbria, Kent and Worcester all divest from the border industry]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-11-01/first-three-english-universities-divest-border-industry</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Robert Gordon University Divests from Fossil Fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert Gordon University becomes 103rd UK university to divest from fossil fuels, the second to do so in Aberdeen, known as the ‘Oil Capital of Europe’ due to its links with North Sea oil and gas.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-10-25/press-release-robert-gordon-university-divests-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Two more UK universities end fossil fuel recruitment on campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal College of Art (RCA) and the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) have become the latest UK universities to exclude oil, gas and mining companies from recruiting on campus. Both universities will now exclude fossil fuel companies from sponsoring recruitment events, attending careers fairs or advertising recruitment opportunities to students.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-10-25/two-more-uk-universities-end-fossil-fuel-recruitment-campus</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: FIRST UK UNIVERSITY PLEDGES NO INVESTMENTS IN BORDER VIOLENCE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cardiff Met has become the first university in the UK to divest from all companies that profit from border violence, resulting in a first win for the student-led Divest Borders campaign.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-10-22/press-release-first-uk-university-pledges-no-investments-in-border-violence</link>
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		<title>Festival of Resisting Borders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since March, a consortium of grassroots anti-racist, migrant-rights and labour rights groups calling ourselves, Coalition Against Borders that is made up of Demilitarise King’s, Docs Not Cops, SOAS Detainee Support, SOAS Justice For Workers, and Unis Resist Border Controls (URBC) have been in communication.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-10-10/festival-resisting-borders</link>
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		<title>Press Release: Plymouth Marjon University drops fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. Plymouth Marjon University becomes the twelfth member of the Cathedrals Group of UK universities to commit]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-20/press-release-plymouth-marjon-university-drops-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>The Soul of the LGBTQ Movement is not Sponsored by Barclays, this Rotting Corpse Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-seven years ago, Barbara Smith asked “Where’s the Revolution?”. We’re still waiting. Pride season 2020 has finished now and we desperately need some reflection on how to build an uncompromising movement capable of disrupting conservative social control and joining up struggles in increasingly anxious times.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/soul-lgbtq-movement-not-sponsored-barclays-rotting-corpse</link>
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		<title>Second victory in a week as the University of Brighton rejects fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Brighton has become the 86th UK University to make a public commitment to divest from fossil fuel companies. Brighton achieved this by adding their name to People &amp; Planet and NUS’ Fossil Free Declaration, making them the 17th university to do so.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/second-victory-week-university-brighton-rejects-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Press release: St Mary’s University, Twickenham rejects all fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***For immediate release*** St Mary’s University, Twickenham rejects all fossil fuels St Mary&#039;s University, Twickenham has become the 89th UK University to make a public commitment to divest from all fossil fuel companies. St Mary’s achieved this by adding their name to People &amp; Planet and NUS’ Fossil Free Declaration, making them the 20th university to join the global]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-st-mary-s-university-twickenham-rejects-all-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Press release: University of Aberdeen ends fossil fuel investments ahead of COP26</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the University of Aberdeen announced that it will divest from all fossil fuels in what is seen as a hugely significant move by an institution at the heart of Europe&#039;s oil and gas capital. A vote of the University’s Court on Wednesday 29th September committed the institution to excluding fossil fuel extractor companies from its £52.7 million investment portfolio by 2025.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-aberdeen-ends-fossil-fuel-investments-ahead-cop26</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: University of the West of England becomes the first university in 2022 to fully divest from fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** University of the West of England becomes the first university in 2022 to fully divest from fossil fuels **BEGINS** Today the University of the West of England (‘UWE’) has become the 93rd UK university, and the first in 2022, to announce its divestment from fossil fuel companies. UWE accomplished this by becoming the 21st signatory to the People &amp;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-west-england-becomes-first-university-2022-fully-divest</link>
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		<title>National Union of Students Officially Endorses Fossil Free Careers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[National Union of Students Officially Endorses Fossil Free Careers The National Union of Students (NUS) has officially endorsed People &amp; Planet’s Fossil Free Careers campaign. In a statement of endorsement published on its website and circulated to members, NUS called upon the careers services of all education institutions to “end their relationships with oil, gas and mining]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/national-union-students-officially-endorses-fossil-free-careers</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: University of Northampton ditches fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** HEADLINE: University of Northampton ditches fossil fuel investments ***Begins*** Today the University of Northampton becomes the 95th UK university to announce its divestment from the fossil fuel industry. The decision comes as part of the university’s wider work to journey away from fossil fuels and towards zero net carbon by 2030. The University of]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-northampton-ditches-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>Press Release: University of Central Lancashire ditches fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has announced full divestment from the fossil fuel industry. This comes as part of the University&#039;s strategy to prioritise sustainability in the run up to its 200th anniversary in 2028. UCLan divested after updating its ethical investment policy to exclude all fossil fuel companies and in doing so has become the 97th UK]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-central-lancashire-ditches-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>Press Release: The University of Hull Announces Divestment From Fossil Fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the University of Hull announces full divestment from fossil fuels, becoming the 98th UK university to make this commitment. This announcement comes as the University amends their ethical investment policy to explicitly exclude investments in all fossil fuels. The University of Hull now joins over 60% of UK universities committed to divestment from fossil fuels, adding]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-15/press-release-university-hull-announces-divestment-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Press Release: Newcastle University Students’ Union boycotts fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**BEGINS** 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. The students’ union has now committed to no longer host oil, gas or mining companies in their venues or online spaces. This comes as part of the UK-wide Fossil Free]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-09-13/press-release-newcastle-university-students-union-boycotts-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>How to run successful campaign handovers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For any campaign to be sustainable over time, campaigners must be able to transfer knowledge from older or more ‘experienced’ members to newer and incoming members. As campaign members frequently shift and change, important knowledge and strategies can fade out if they are not passed on. Universities rely on a high turnover of students within campaigns, making institutional]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-08-17/how-run-successful-campaign-handovers</link>
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		<title>Press Release:Fourth UK university bans fossil fuel recruitment on campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-06-21/press-releasefourth-uk-university-bans-fossil-fuel-recruitment-campus</link>
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		<title>Cardiff Students’ Union Boycott Fossil Fuel Recruiters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. The passing of this motion sees Cardiff Student’s Union commit to no longer allowing oil, gas or mining companies access to its venues or to receive any]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-06-14/cardiff-students-union-boycott-fossil-fuel-recruiters</link>
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		<title>Press Release: University of Greenwich drops fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. Greenwich is the latest success of the Fossil Free campaign which has seen two-thirds of UK universities commit to divestment. The campaign, coordinated by student-led campaigning charity People]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-05-24/press-release-university-greenwich-drops-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>Here&#x00027;s how this University jumped 61 league table places...</title>
		<description><![CDATA[University of Kent student, Emily Rollerson, on how her university jumped from Third Class to a 2:1 in People &amp; Planet’s 2019 University League. People and Planet has opened my eyes to the ways in which universities are complicit in human rights abuses and environmental destruction. So finding out that the University of Kent’s electronics supply chains were not being monitored]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-05-11/heres-how-university-jumped-61-league-table-places</link>
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		<title>Brighton UNISON Branch Backs Fossil Free Careers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***Begins*** 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 &amp; Planet, demands UK universities adopt an Ethical Careers Policy which excludes oil, gas and mining industries]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-04-19/brighton-unison-branch-backs-fossil-free-careers</link>
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		<title>Swansea Students’ Union and UCU branch are first in Wales to Boycott Fossil Fuel Recruitment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. As a result of the motion, Swansea Students’ Union will]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-04-12/swansea-students-union-and-ucu-branch-are-first-wales-boycott-fossil-fuel</link>
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		<title>Goldsmiths Students’ Union Boycotts Fossil Fuel Recruiters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***Begins*** 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 &amp; Planet, demands UK universities end oil, gas and mining industry recruitment on campus. As the result of a student union motion, Goldsmiths Students’ Union will no]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-04-05/goldsmiths-students-union-boycotts-fossil-fuel-recruiters</link>
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		<title>Press Release: University of Portsmouth drops fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***Begins*** 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. Portsmouth now becomes the latest UK university to commit to divestment as part of the Fossil Free campaign. The campaign, coordinated by student-led campaigning]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-03-29/press-release-university-portsmouth-drops-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>Sheffield Uni Student Union Votes to Boycott Fossil Fuel Industry Recruitment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Fossil Free divestment movement continuing to sweep the country, and 93 universities divested so far, students are now taking up the next fight against the corporate players most responsible for destroying our planet for profit. Thanks to some great work by student campaigners, the University of Sheffield Student&#039;s Union has voted through a Fossil Free Careers motion,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-03-08/sheffield-uni-student-union-votes-boycott-fossil-fuel-industry-recruitment</link>
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		<title>Falmouth &#x00026; Exeter Students’ Union Boycotts Fossil Fuel Recruiters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***Begins*** Falmouth &amp; 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. Following a student vote, the Union will no longer allow fossil fuel companies to attend events in its venues or to receive any endorsement from the Union. This comes as part of the Fossil]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-03-02/falmouth-exeter-students-union-boycotts-fossil-fuel-recruiters</link>
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		<title>Royal College of Art becomes 6th specialist UK university to divest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**BEGINS** Today, the Royal College of Art (‘RCA’) has announced that it is divesting its £26.7 million investment portfolio from fossil fuel companies. The RCA’s commitment makes it the 101st university in the UK to go Fossil Free and comes following ongoing negotiations with the university, led by the RCA branch of the University and College Union. The RCA’s announcement]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-02-08/royal-college-art-becomes-6th-specialist-uk-university-divest</link>
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		<title>Why be a student trustee?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to know how a small grassroots organisation with a big impact works? Keen to have a hand in its strategy, planning and budget? Chuck a welcoming, inclusive environment where your opinions are valued into the mix – and surely being a student trustee for People &amp; Planet is a winner. Looking back over my two-year term, I can wholeheartedly say that running to be a trustee]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2023-02-02/why-be-a-student-trustee</link>
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		<title>Our Next Climate Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday more than 30 students from People &amp; Planet groups all across the country came together to decide our next climate campaign. We&#039;re thrilled to announce the End Extractivist Ties proposal was chosen from a really strong field. What Happened? Over the past few months, students from universities across the UK have developed proposals for a new climate campaign to take]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-12-08/our-next-climate-campaign</link>
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		<title>Press release: Oxford University Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW REPORT REVEALS OXFORD UNIVERSITY RECEIVED ALMOST £12 MILLION FROM THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY SINCE 2015 Students expose University of Oxford’s extensive financial and personnel ties with the fossil fuel industry On April 20, the student-run Oxford Climate Justice Campaign (OCJC) has revealed that since 2015 the University of Oxford has received over]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-12-08/press-release-oxford-university-report</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Cardiff Metropolitan University Tops Ranking of 153 UK Universities by Sustainability &#x00026; Ethics Criteria</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2022/23 People &amp; Planet University League, which ranks 153 UK universities against sustainability and ethics criteria, shows the majority of the UK higher education sector has failed to reach its carbon reduction target. According to the most recent estates management record (EMR) from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), 59% of universities did not meet the]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-12-06/press-release-cardiff-metropolitan-university-tops-ranking-153-uk-universities</link>
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		<title>Three more UK universities break ties with fossil fuel recruiters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to announce that three more UK universities have ended fossil fuel recruitment on campus. This is a fantastic victory, but we want to go much further. If you&#039;re a current student or member of staff, why not get involved in the campaign? If you&#039;re interested, fill out this form and we can chat through what that might look like. Press Release: Three more UK]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-12-01/three-more-uk-universities-break-ties-fossil-fuel-recruiters</link>
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		<title>UCU Edinburgh Backs Fossil Free Careers Campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Edinburgh branch of the University and College Union (UCU) has voted to back the Fossil Free Careers campaign, making it the first branch in the UK to endorse the campaign. Fossil Free Careers, a campaign coordinated by the charity People &amp; Planet, demands an end to extractive industry recruitment on campus. It was endorsed by UCU National Congress earlier this year, and]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-11-16/ucu-edinburgh-backs-fossil-free-careers-campaign</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: First UK university ends fossil fuel industry recruitment on campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Birkbeck, University of London has become the first university in the UK to end fossil fuel industry recruitment on campus, resulting in a first win for the student-led Fossil Free Careers campaign.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-09-28/press-release-first-uk-university-ends-fossil-fuel-industry-recruitment-campus</link>
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		<title>Press Release: Brunel University London Excludes All Fossil Fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Brunel University London announces its divestment from fossil fuels, becoming the 99th UK university to make this commitment. Following a student-led campaign, Brunel University London has now updated its Ethical Investment Policy to exclude all fossil fuels, meaning that it has made a full divestment commitment. Crucially, this policy includes a commitment to not hold]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-09-21/press-release-brunel-university-london-excludes-all-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>University of Oxford Students’ Union to boycott oil, gas &#x00026; mining recruitment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Oxford University Students Union has voted to boycott recruitment events which feature oil, gas, and mining companies. It joins the student unions at Bristol, Sussex, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Surrey who have all passed similar motions in support of the Fossil Free Careers campaign, coordinated by student campaigning charity People &amp; Planet. The campaign has also been backed]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-08-24/university-oxford-students-union-boycott-oil-gas-mining-recruitment</link>
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		<title>Press Release: Rose Bruford College UK’s first drama school to reject fossil fuel industry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Rose Bruford College announces its full divestment from the fossil fuel industry, becoming the first specialist drama school in the UK to make the commitment. The college made the public commitment by becoming the latest signatory to People &amp; Planet and the National Union of Students’ Fossil Free Declaration. As a result of student-led campaigning, Rose Bruford College]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-08-17/press-release-rose-bruford-college-uk-s-first-drama-school-reject-fossil-fuel</link>
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		<title>Press Release: University staff union calls for end to fossil fuel recruitment on UK campuses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK’s largest university staff union, University and College Union (UCU) has voted to back the student-led campaign for Fossil Free Careers at their annual Congress.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-08-10/press-release-university-staff-union-calls-end-fossil-fuel-recruitment-uk-campuses</link>
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		<title>Queen’s University Belfast first Student Union on the island of Ireland to boycott oil, gas &#x00026; mining recruitment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Student Union at Queen’s University Belfast has become the first student union on the island of Ireland to boycott all oil, gas, and mining industry recruitment. Student representatives voted overwhelmingly to back the motion, meaning that the student union will now block oil, gas, and mining industry recruiters from accessing Student Union-controlled spaces. The student]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-06-29/queen-s-university-belfast-first-student-union-island-ireland-boycott-oil-gas-mining</link>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: Lancaster University drops fossil fuel investments amid COP26 negotiations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Lancaster University drops fossil fuel investments amid COP26 negotiations **BEGINS** This afternoon, Lancaster University has announced that it will divest all of its investment portfolios, worth over £3 million, from fossil fuel companies. Lancaster will also screen out arms trade and tobacco investments. Lancaster University’s commitment makes it]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2022-01-27/press-release-lancaster-university-drops-fossil-fuel-investments-amid-cop26</link>
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		<title>Student campaigning organisations announce solidarity with UCU strikers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned, state our unconditional solidarity with all higher education staff taking industrial action as part of UCU strikes beginning in December 2021. As campaigning organisations led by and working with students, we reject the divide and rule narratives deployed against striking staff, and we state unequivocally: students support UCU members and their decision to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-11-30/student-orgs-back-ucu-strikes</link>
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		<title>Press release: Barclays - institutional boycotts begin over climate inaction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[***For immediate release*** Barclays - institutional boycotts begin over climate inaction Calls for institutional boycotts of Barclays bank have grown louder after shareholders failed to support the climate resolution coordinated by Market Forces at yesterday’s AGM. The UK’s largest higher education campaigning organisation, People &amp; Planet, has announced that 10 student]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-07-21/press-release-barclays-institutional-boycotts-begin-over-climate-inaction</link>
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		<title>Press release: University of Suffolk permanently excludes fossil fuel investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[University of Suffolk becomes third university in a month to reject fossil fuels The University of Suffolk has become the 87th UK University to make a public commitment to divest from fossil fuel companies. Suffolk affirmed their fossil free status and committed to permanent exclusion of fossil fuel companies from their investments by becoming the 18th signatory to People &amp;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-04-06/press-release-university-suffolk-permanently-excludes-fossil-fuel-investments</link>
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		<title>London School of Tropical Hygiene &#x00026; Medicine commits to full fossil fuel divestment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (‘LSHTM’) has become the sixth member institution of the University of London to make a commitment to exclude all fossil fuel extractor companies from their investments. This action is in contrast to the slow moves being made by its fellow members to do likewise and take urgent action in response to the climate crisis. LSHTM’s]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-03-12/london-school-tropical-hygiene-medicine-commits-full-fossil-fuel-divestment</link>
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		<title>Open letter: VCs, refuse Barclays branches return to campus on climate grounds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 26th February, as part of the day of action concluding People &amp; Planet’s 2021 Go Green Week, under the banner ‘Solidarity Across Borders’ students across the country took action in demand of climate justice and in solidarity with global struggles against resource extraction and forced displacement. As part of the Divest Barclays campaign, People &amp; Planet sent the following]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2021-02-25/open-letter-vcs-refuse-barclays-branches-return-campus-climate-grounds</link>
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		<title>Divestment at Dundee: How We Did It</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 5th November 2020, after 5 years of tireless campaigning by students and staff, the University of Dundee divested from all fossil fuels. Student campaigner Hannah Feuerstein tells us how they succeeded: After a rather challenging summer, I felt like our prospects to get the University to listen to us and our demands for divestment were even worse than before. Most of the]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-11-13/divestment-dundee-how-we-did-it</link>
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		<title>UWTSD: “Our Vision… Our Values…” Our Bullsh*t. On Campaigning in a Pandemic and Other Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sweatshop Free campaign is a movement of people uniting for better workers’ rights for those who work in sweatshops. The campaign, led by students in the People &amp; Planet network, brings together students with those who work in the factories that manufacture the very electronics used in universities by students. This past academic year saw the UWTSD Sweatshop Free campaign]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-09-29/uwtsd-campaigning-pandemic</link>
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		<title>Visions for Pride: Letter to Pride</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today the Divest Pride team launched our Visions for Pride video, and delivered it with this letter to Pride in London, LCR Pride, Northern Pride and Pride Glasgow. Dear Pride Glasgow, Pride in London, LCR Pride and Northern Pride, People &amp; Planet&#039;s Divest Pride campaign has spent this Pride season urging you to reconsider your current sponsorship deal with Barclays bank.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-08-14/visions-pride-letter-pride</link>
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		<title>A Poem: Power Shift &#x00026; Pandemic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was my first ever Power Shift, and People &amp; Planet&#039;s first ever online Power Shift. Needless to say, in the run up to Power Shift I felt excited, but also nervous and apprehensive. My mind, rather unhelpfully, filled itself with anxieties about not knowing anyone, but also the worries that come with the uncharted new landscape that the Coronavirus pandemic had created.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-08-07/poem-power-shift-pandemic</link>
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		<title>The Exclusivity of Inclusivity – A Take on Class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Left-wing rhetoric is clear on the desire and shared goal for inclusivity; for those from varying sexual orientations, gender identifications, races, ethnicities and abilities to share in equality gained through ensuring systemic justice. Movements supporting this are often celebrated within academic institutions; solidarity can be seen through society involvement, democratic]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-07-07/exclusivity-inclusivity-take-class</link>
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		<title>People &#x00026; Planet Leeds and the Quest For Fossil Free Finance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our biggest achievement this year was at Leeds University Union’s May Forum, where we put forward a motion asking the union to lobby the University of Leeds to cut ties with Barclays until it stops funding the climate breakdown. Having achieved a huge victory at the start of the academic year, with the University divesting £3.6 million of its shares in Shell, BP and Total, we]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-06-22/people-planet-leeds-and-quest-fossil-free-finance</link>
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		<title>Setting the Record Straight: Time for Southern Universities to go Sweatshop Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) co-signed an open letter with Electronics Watch (EW) clarifying the nature of SUPCS’ affiliation. Electronics Watch is a worker-driven monitoring organisation which audits supply chains within the global electronics industry, an industry which has been identified as high risk for modern slavery as well]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-06-03/setting-record-straight-time-southern-universities-go-sweatshop-free</link>
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		<title>FOSSIL FREE DEMOCRACY YEAR: DECIDING THE FUTURE OF OUR CLIMATE CAMPAIGNS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone! Today, it’s the staff team writing this blog post… We’re excited to bring you some details on a very important thing that’s currently happening at People &amp; Planet: the democracy process for our climate campaigns. As some of you might know, our campaigns are decided by our student network at Power Shift, and they run on a 6 years cycle. Every 3 years, students]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-28/fossil-free-democracy-year-deciding-future-our-climate-campaigns</link>
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		<title>Sweatshop Free and the Activist Campaigning Module at UEA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before the Sweatshop Free campaign, admittedly, I had never considered the possibility that the electronics that universities purchase could be made in sweatshops, which shows my own ignorance on such an intricate issue. At University of East Anglia (UEA), I chose a module titled ‘Activist Campaigning’ as it wasn’t a typical essay-based module about political theorists; it was]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-19/sweatshop-free-and-activist-campaigning-module-uea</link>
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		<title>Webinar Report: Banking on our future: Fossil Finance &#x00026; Climate Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Monday the 4th of May, People &amp; Planet’s Divest Barclays campaign held a webinar ahead of the Barclays’ AGM. At the AGM, which took place on the 7th of May, 24% of Barclays shareholders voted in favour of a ShareAction motion to phase out finance for fossil fuels and utility companies, in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, against the bank’s formal recommendation to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-13/webinar-report-banking-our-future-fossil-finance-climate-justice</link>
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		<title>Barclays AGM 2020 Response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Barclays Condemned for ‘Fuelling the Next Crisis’ After Rejecting Climate Motion Barclays AGM rejects motion calling for end to fossil fuel financing Climate campaigners and economists criticise bank for ‘greenwashing’ image and failing to align with consensus behind green recovery New report finds Barclays to be biggest fossil fuel financier in Europe,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-05-07/barclays-agm-2020-response</link>
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		<title>Plymouth Sweatshop Free - Petition Hand-in During Lockdown!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been two years since the People &amp; Planet Society at University of Plymouth launched their Sweatshop Free Campaign to tackle supply chain injustice on campus and beyond, but sadly the University of Plymouth has not yet taken the important and necessary step of affiliating to Electronics Watch. For those of you who don’t know, Electronics Watch is an independent, non-profit]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-04-30/plymouth-sweatshop-free-petition-hand-during-lockdown</link>
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		<title>UNISON Goes Sweatshop Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UNISON becomes first UK Trade Union to challenge sweatshops in their own supply chain, Who will be next? Public service union UNISON became the first trade union in the UK to ensure the electronics they purchase are independently monitored for workers’ rights violations. UNISON joins a growing number of institutions in Europe that have affiliated to Electronics Watch, an]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-16/unison-goes-sweatshop-free</link>
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		<title>When will Plymouth University go Sweatshop Free?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 21st century, materialism is heavily ingrained into our society. Clothing trends change on a seasonal basis and electronic gadgets are constantly being updated and improved, with new models of some of our best-known brands regularly being released. Ever improving technology and aesthetics, along with wide spread advertising across all media platforms, have contributed]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-16/when-will-plymouth-university-go-sweatshop-free</link>
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		<title>What it’s Like to Study at a 1st Award Class University</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Determining the environmental impact of your degree course can be tough – between greenwashing, behind-the-scenes investments and dodgy supply chains, it can be really hard to know how Green your University really is. That’s why I find the People &amp; Planet University League Table so informative – they ask the big questions, and crunch the big data, then rank Universities]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/what-it-s-study-1st-award-class-university</link>
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		<title>Victory: Sussex University goes Fossil Free!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The University of Sussex has now moved it’s investment fund out of fossil fuels, after four years of Fossil Free Sussex, the student run campaign, lobbying the university to divest. Sussex University has moved it’s money into Liontrust Sustainable Futures Managed Fund – which excludes any organisation involved in Fossil Fuels. Fossil fuel divestment is the removal of]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/victory-sussex-university-goes-fossil-free</link>
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		<title>Students, support your striking lecturers!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month university staff up and down the country announced they’re going on strike over pension reforms. Universities UK are trying to take away our lecturers’ right to a defined income when they retire. Our teachers and staff stand to lose up to 40% of their retirement income. At Cambridge we’re clear that we students stand with the University and Colleges Union (UCU) in]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/students-support-your-striking-lecturers</link>
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		<title>University St Andrews Divest!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[St Andrews doesn’t do protests. The normally polite town had its first large protest of the academic year on 30 January when a couple of hundred protesters marched through the town to protest Donald Trump’s immigration ban. One of the signs read; “You know it’s bad when it’s protested in St Andrews” emphasising the placid nature of the student body. Old institutions are, by]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/university-st-andrews-divest</link>
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		<title>Fossil Fuel Divestment: The State of the Sector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People &amp; Planet and the National Union of Students (NUS) announced today that over a third of universities in the UK have made fossil free commitments, as nine new UK universities have committed to never invest in fossil fuel companies. This brings the total to fifty four institutions which have taken action to exclude fossil fuel companies from their investment portfolios.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/fossil-fuel-divestment-state-sector</link>
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		<title>A Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment at the University of Cambridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If we are serious about preventing catastrophic warming, we cannot dig any new coal mines, drill any new fields, or build any more pipelines. The new reality for power production, according to a recent study from academics at the University of Oxford, is that no new fossil fuel infrastructure can be constructed after 2017 unless other installations are closed before the end of]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/case-fossil-fuel-divestment-university-cambridge</link>
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		<title>New Year&#x00027;s Revolutions for a Fossil Free 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2017 was an incredible year for the global fossil free movement! In 2018, together we’re going to take it to the next level. How about some New Years Revolutions* for transforming the face of global finance by taking the fossil free fight to the banking industry this year? 1. Start a Divest Barclays campaign on campus Join People &amp; Planet students in organising for Students&#039;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/new-years-revolutions-fossil-free-2018</link>
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		<title>Huddersfield University becomes 60th UK university to divest from fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24/01/2018 Contact: Chayley Collis, Fossil Free Huddersfield University - E: huddersfieldfoe@yahoo.co.uk Chris Saltmarsh, Fossil Free Campaigns Coordinator, People &amp; Planet - E: fossilfree@peopleandplanet.org P: 01865403225 Huddersfield University becomes 60th UK university to divest from fossil fuels Huddersfield University has recently confirmed that]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/huddersfield-university-becomes-60th-uk-university-divest-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>University of Edinburgh Divests ALL Fossil Fuels from £1bn Endowment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Tara Wight 07758329938 tara.wight@ed.ac.uk Monday 5th February - University of Edinburgh announced it will move its entire investment portfolio out of the fossil fuel industry over the next three years. The University currently holds £6.3million in fossil fuels companies: Total, Atlas Copco and BG Group. The University’s endowment is the third largest in the UK,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/university-edinburgh-divests-all-fossil-fuels-1bn-endowment</link>
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		<title>5 THINGS WE LEARNT ABOUT CLIMATE JUSTICE ORGANISING IN VIETNAM</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 13th February, as part of a series of ongoing activities this Go Green Week, People &amp; Planet and NUS co-hosted a webinar platforming the voices of climate justice organisers in Vietnam. Here are 5 things we learnt: Vietnam is one of the most impacted countries by climate change Vietnam is a low-lying country meaning it is especially vulnerable to rising sea levels.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/5-things-we-learnt-about-climate-justice-organising-vietnam</link>
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		<title>DANCE continue monthly meditation vigil outside Barclays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE) London continue their monthly meditation vigil outside Barclays in Piccadilly Circus London. We walk in meditation from Golden Square nearby and then take our place outside the bank with banners calling on Barclays to “Listen to the Earth!’ . To hear and respond to the clear messages our planet is sending that we must]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/dance-continue-monthly-meditation-vigil-outside-barclays</link>
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		<title>Anglia Ruskin Sign Fossil Free Declaration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEWS RELEASE DATE: 9 March 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISSUE NUMBER: 1811 Anglia Ruskin signs pledge for fossil-free future Fossil Fuel Declaration is partnership between the NUS and People &amp; Planet Anglia Ruskin University is delighted to have signed up to the Fossil Fuel Declaration, a partnership between the National Union of Students and People &amp; Planet. The declaration]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/anglia-ruskin-sign-fossil-free-declaration</link>
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		<title>Oxbridge Students Demand Divestment at The Boat Race 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TODAY students staged a massive banner drop at the Annual Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge, as a protest against the universities’ investments in fossil fuel companies. Cambridge University is currently under intense scrutiny from students and staff after leaked documents revealed it is set to reject fossil fuel divestment once again. Cambridge University will take a]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/oxbridge-students-demand-divestment-boat-race-2018</link>
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		<title>Motion SC112 - Divest Barclays #NUSConference 2018</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fossil Free University of Bristol have submitted a motion to NUS NAtional Conference 2018 #NUSNC18 calling for a boycott of Barclays and to support the divest barclays campaign Motion: SC112 Title: Divest Barclays Submitted by: Bristol SU Conference believes Burning fossil fuels is the primary contributor to climate injustice. However, projected fossil fuel investment in new]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/motion-sc112-divest-barclays-nusconference-2018</link>
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		<title>Press Release: University of Nottingham Commits to Full Divestment from Fossil Fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Cara Turton-Chambers, lgxct1@nottingham.ac.uk, 0776233166 For immediate release. The University of Nottingham today announced that they would divest immediately from coal and tar sands and from all fossil fuels investments over the next 12 months. Currently the university invests around £3 million (6% of its endowment) in the fossil fuel industry, including in]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/press-release-university-nottingham-commits-full-divestment-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Power Shift: Where Dreams Really Do Come True</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Power Shift, for me, is what Never Neverland is for Wendy, what Narnia is for Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, and what Hogwarts is for Harry: a magical place where dreams really do come true. In my case, those dreams are being part of the global divestment movement, feeling included in something bigger than myself, and broadening my skill set to become an all-round better]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/power-shift-where-dreams-really-do-come-true</link>
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		<title>Bath University Goes Fossil Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of student campaigning, the University of Bath has pledged to fully divest its money from Fossil Fuel companies. The university currently has fossil fuel investments of half a million pounds including over £100,000 in Shell alone. After 3 years of campaigning from the People &amp; Planet society, the university has agreed to no longer support the oil and gas industry]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/bath-university-goes-fossil-free</link>
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		<title>Divestment Decision Delayed As Cambridge Escalation Piles On Pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[University Council today rejected a hard-line anti-divestment proposed “council” response initially drafted by a small group of financial bureaucrats. This draft response had rejected even the investments in ESG funds proposed by the Divestment Working Group report - which were not even explicitly recommended to be fossil free - described in the draft as ‘virtue-signalling’.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/divestment-decision-delayed-cambridge-escalation-piles-pressure</link>
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		<title>John McDonnell, Caroline Lucas and Diane Abbott join hundreds of academics in calling for Cambridge to divest from fossil fuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Khem Rogaly, khemrogaly@gmail.com, 07864745597 Thirteen members of parliament across three parties, including the Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott and co-leader of the Green Party Caroline Lucas, have today called for Cambridge University to remove its £377 million fossil fuel investments. This comes alongside an open letter signed]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/john-mcdonnell-caroline-lucas-and-diane-abbott-join-hundreds-academics-calling</link>
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		<title>Local authorities must work to eradiate exploitation in global supply chains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Press Release - Monday 18 June 2018 Local authorities must work to eradiate exploitation in global supply chains Local authorities are not doing enough to protect workers&#039; rights globally, according to research published today by UNISON and produced with People &amp; Planet. According to the report Ethical Procurement in UK Local Authorities, produced by People &amp; Planet on behalf]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/local-authorities-must-work-eradiate-exploitation-global-supply-chains</link>
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		<title>Update on Kinder Morgan pipeline for People &#x00026; Planet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello, People &amp; Plant friends! My name is Ocean Hyland, I am from Tsleil-waututh Nation which is a community located near Vancouver, BC, Canada. A community which would be heavily affected if the proposed pipeline expansion is built through our traditional, unceded territory. During my stay in London I met many activists and locals who held shared views of environmental]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/update-kinder-morgan-pipeline-people-planet</link>
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		<title>FULL DIVESTMENT AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Loughborough University has announced that it is divesting fully from fossil fuel companies building on its prior freeze of all fossil fuel investments following student pressure. The actions of Loughborough People &amp; Planet secured meetings with the Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, and these discussions have been ongoing since the Easter break in order to bring]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/full-divestment-loughborough-university</link>
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		<title>Union Busting? That’s Disgusting!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People &amp; Planet groups across the country are participating in 48 Hours of Action this October, calling attention to union busting in Samsung and other major brands in the electronics industry. Kicking off in Cardiff outside the Samsung Experience Store on Queen Street, we filled the Welsh capitals streets with chants of “What do we want? Workers rights! When do we want them?]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/union-busting-s-disgusting</link>
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		<title>Barclays new energy policy disappoints</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barclays have just released their much anticipated updated energy policy. Surprise, surprise… Its disappointing to say the least. Here are the headlines: No more project finance for coal mining and power. This was an expected move. They follow Standard Chartered (another British bank) in ditching finance for new coal projects. It is an increasingly mainstream position. Most]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/barclays-new-energy-policy-disappoints</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: International justice and the Paris Agreement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discussions of climate change go hand in hand with issues of justice and distributive fairness, this is because the burdens of climate change disproportionately affect the poorest areas of the world where its inhabitant are the least equipped to deal with its impact, due to geographic vulnerability and poverty. Therefore, it seems logical that the international response to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-international-justice-and-paris-agreement</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: Climate Justice and Migration: Climate Refugees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we talk about climate justice, we don’t just mean divestment and a transition to cleaner energy, we also mean justice for those whose lives have already been impacted by climate change. Displacement due to climate change is a relatively recent phenomenon, but it’s a constantly growing crisis. Between 2008 and 2015, the UNHCR estimates 22.5 million people were displaced by]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-climate-justice-and-migration-climate-refugees</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: Getting staff on your side- Student Staff solidarity!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Found that your university management are sometimes uncooperative or even belligerent? It’s likely that staff are just as tired of them as you are. The forces that students are fighting against are the same ones that led to pay cuts for staff and increased workloads and zero-hour contracts. We have far more in common with our lecturers than we might initially think. For this]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-getting-staff-your-side-student-staff-solidarity</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: Buried waste and SLR: a perfect, stinking storm waiting to happen?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s buried near you? The United Nations report: UNEP Yearbook 2009, p. 45, put the global figure of annual wastes at 2.2 billion tonnes a year, while the World Bank’s Waste Trends 2018 predicts 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050, much of it either buried or thrown into open landfills. When it comes to human graves, on the other hand, there are no clear estimates about numbers,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-buried-waste-and-slr-perfect-stinking-storm-waiting-happen</link>
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		<title>GoGreen19: Climate change is a racist Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NUS Vice-President (Society &amp; Citizenship) Zamzam Ibrahim shares some of the discussion from a panel event she recently chaired called ‘C02lonialism: climate change is a racist issue&#039;. Organised by SOAS Students&#039; Union, speaking on the panel was the formidable SImmone Ahiaku from People &amp; Planet and the ever-inspiring Asad Rehman from War on Want. Here are just a few of the]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-10/gogreen19-climate-change-racist-issue</link>
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		<title>How one Students’ Union won a big victory for sweatshop workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading University affiliates to Electronics Watch! “If we expect our students to care more about sustainability we should be setting an example to our community and Electronics Watch does exactly that. We are embedding sustainability within University procurement processes and demonstrating our commitment to tackle issues that are at the heart of the University.” We chat to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-03-05/how-one-students-union-won-big-victory-sweatshop-workers</link>
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		<title>How Sussex Sweatshop Free won a 2 year campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 2 years of student campaigning, Sussex Sweatshop Free have managed to secure Electronics Watch affiliation from their university. In their own words, here&#039;s how they managed it: Timeline The Sweatshop Free campaign at Sussex started in February 2018 and gathered momentum after new members got involved after the refreshers’ fair that month. Once we got our heads around]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2020-02-17/how-sussex-sweatshop-free-won-2-year-campaign</link>
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		<title>An Awesome Autumn of Activism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2019 has seen an unprecedented amount of activism, particularly around climate change, and this Autumn is no exception. Here at Bristol People &amp; Planet we&#039;ve been involved in the action in a number of different ways. On a rainy Saturday afternoon in late October the University of Bristol Chapter of People &amp; Planet took a Megabus to Cardiff City Centre. There, we were joined by]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-12-02/awesome-autumn-activism</link>
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		<title>RO Training: Fired Up Trained Up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grace Twum writes about her first experience of Regional Organiser training - how support and active skill-sharing enables new organisers to gain confidence and become powerful campaigners.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-09-09/ro-training-fired-trained</link>
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		<title>Activist Wonderland Through the Training Glass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oxford, summer 2018. Picture the scene: a city famed as the birthplace of Lewis Carroll&#039;s whimsical Alice In Wonderland will now play host to a group of student activists as they venture down the rabbit hole to explore and develop their skills as workshop facilitators. There is no Mad Hatter, but of tea there is plenty. The Cheshire Cat is not present, but the grins show]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-07-30/activist-wonderland-through-training-glass</link>
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		<title>Durham University receive third class grade in People &#x00026; Planet’s University league, with 0% in ‘Ethical Investment’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday 16th July People &amp; Planet released its 2019 University League, ranking universities by environmental and ethical performance, in which Durham University received a third class grade. Durham ranked 96th in the table, the 4th lowest ranking of a Russell Group university. In the breakdown of the ranking Durham scored 0% on both ‘Environmental Auditing &amp; Management]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-07-23/durham-university-receive-third-class-grade-people-planet-s-university-league-0</link>
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		<title>I feel betrayed by University of Edinburgh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year’s People and Planet University League, published yesterday, scores higher education institutions based on their ethics and sustainability, covering education, energy sources, investment, employment and waste. This provides data for the institutions to improve from, and information to empower campaigners calling for change. It shows the University of Edinburgh doing]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-07-18/i-feel-betrayed-university-edinburgh</link>
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		<title>University League shows 1st class Bristol must go further</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year, People &amp; Planet’s University League ranks the environmental and ethical performance of UK universities. This year, we are proud to say that Bristol has earned a first class rank and placed 11th out of 154 institutions, which is fantastic news. We want to take a moment to celebrate the hard work of our Bristol campaigners this year, but with a mind towards the]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-07-18/university-league-shows-1st-class-bristol-must-go-further</link>
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		<title>A Shitlist of Universities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The People &amp; Planet University League Table has just been released for 2018/19! This year’s table is particularly interesting as we are now more aware than ever that we stand at the crossroads of a climate catastrophe if we don’t take action, and the spotlight is on universities. What are universities doing to tackle the climate crisis? Which universities are still complicit]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2019-07-17/shitlist-universities</link>
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		<title>Our regional events this semester went with a bang!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This semester has been a busy one – we&#039;ve had the 48hrs of Action in solidarity with Samsung factory workers protesting dangerous working conditions and union-busting, the National Day of Action for fossil fuel divestment, and, of course, our exciting regional events! These couldn&#039;t have happened if it weren&#039;t for our amazing regional organisers, scattered across the United]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2018-12-03/our-regional-events-semester-went-bang</link>
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		<title>Decolonise Cambridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past academic year, there has been an increasing amount of interest among students and staff to decolonise Cambridge. Though Cambridge has had several years of decolonization-related organizing efforts, the current wave of momentum started with English students writing an Open Letter to the English faculty “about the need for the faculty to decolonize its reading lists]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2018-04-25/decolonise-cambridge</link>
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		<title>Celebrating the achievements of our five year Treat AIDS Now campaign</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Persuaded the UK government to lead an international commitment to provide treatment for all by 2010 — millions more now receive treatment  Supported countries’ rights to access affordable treatment for their people — last year we helped 8,000 more people in Thailand get treatment, and in July 2008 the first steps were taken toward setting up a new international mechanism to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2018-02-08/treataidsnow-achievements</link>
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		<title>Manchester University is lagging behind on Sustainability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As People &amp; Planet’s annual University League is published, the University of Manchester has ranked in the middle of the road in 71st place. This is yet more evidence that the University is lagging behind on sustainability and ignoring its students’ demands for action for the environment.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-11-16/manchester-university-lagging-behind-sustainability</link>
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		<title>Fall From Grace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not only has the 2015 #1 failed to make any recognisable progress this year, the University of Plymouth has also failed to maintain it’s ranking between 2016 and 2017, falling a further two places down to 14th. Two of the University of Plymouths lowest scores are for Ethical Investment and Workers Rights. As a University which prides itself on its ‘sustainability’ surely they]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-11-14/fall-grace</link>
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		<title>CALL OUT to Escalate Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaigns for National Day of Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following 3 years of student campaigning for fossil fuel divestment at the University of Manchester, where the institution has consistently ignored our efforts, we are ramping up the pressure and joining forces with other university campaigns around the UK, including Cambridge, Leeds, UCL and UEA. We have all long been demanding that our institutions divest, but have been]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-25/call-out-escalate-fossil-fuel-divestment-campaigns-national-day-action</link>
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		<title>Oxford Students Join #MazaskaTalks Demanding Barclays Divest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning (October 24), we held a peaceful demonstration in Barclay’s bank on Cornmarket Street. Our group of students from the University of Oxford and members of the city joined an international effort to demand banks to stop funding fossil fuel expansion projects, “before it is too late”. Barclays, specifically has invested £48 million in Kinder Morgan, the largest]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-24/oxford-students-join-mazaskatalks-demanding-barclays-divest</link>
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		<title>Young Labour Supports Divestment and Boycotts Barclays!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend (14-15 October) Young Labour – the youth wing of the UK Labour Party – passed a policy motion that included supporting fossil fuel divestment and joining the #DivestBarclays campaign to boycott the bank until they ditch fossil fuel finance. The motion was heard at the National Youth Policy Conference 2017 and its success means that it is now the official position]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-16/young-labour-supports-divestment-and-boycotts-barclays</link>
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		<title>DANCE take action at Barclays to divest from fossil fuels?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE)? DANCE are a network of meditation practitioners from the Buddhist tradition who are deeply concerned about the climate crisis. DANCE grew out of a discussion between Dharma teachers at Gaia House, a meditation retreat centre in Devon. They recognised that one of the results of sustained mindfulness meditation is to]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-16/dance-take-action-barclays-divest-fossil-fuels</link>
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		<title>Barclays Must Cease and Desist: From Economic Crisis to Environmental Collapse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the financial crash happened in 2007, I was a 17-year-old college student who watched on as the jobs fell away, people lost their homes, and saving the economy seemingly became more important than all the lives that had been destroyed. Being born and raised in the old cotton milling town of Bolton, I was used to seeing people struggling, but this took that struggle to a]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-10-05/barclays-must-cease-and-desist-economic-crisis-environmental-collapse</link>
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		<title>People &#x00026; Planet&#x00027;s Achievements in 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carnival of Climate Chaos Image © Charlie Harvey P&amp;P Summer Gathering Image © John Kentish Anti-retroviral Viread aka Rowan from LSE P&amp;P gets lecture attendees to sign Treat AIDS Now action cards The 2,000 people on our Carnival of Climate Chaos joined 25,000 others in Trafalgar Square to call for immediate action on climate change. We relaunched our Treat AIDS Now campaign at]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-08-29/aboutus-achievements-2006</link>
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		<title>People &#x00026; Planet won Best Campaign at the British Environment and Media Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The award was given for the newly launched People &amp; Planet University League (then called &quot;Green League&quot;) - the first ever league table comparing the environmental performance of UK universities. The People &amp; Planet University League attracted attention within the sector and without, with more than 50 websites and news stories worldwide covering the story. It has driven]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-08-29/https-old-peopleandplanet-org-aboutus-achievements-2007</link>
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		<title>More black marks for coal-hungry UK banks in latest Report Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK’s top banks are still failing to stamp out their financing for coal projects, trailing some way behind many European and US banks which have introduced policies aimed at cutting ties to the most climate destructive energy sector.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-08-21/more-black-marks-coal-hungry-uk-banks-latest-report-card</link>
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		<title>Today we wake up to a different world</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a night! The votes have been cast and counted and it&#039;s clearer than ever that young people want to live in a country based on social justice and dignity for all. We have an opportunity to set in motion the wheels of a better future and end the status quo of neoliberalism, environmental devastation and violent borders. We can&#039;t only rely on politicians to achieve justice]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-06-09/today-we-wake-different-world</link>
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		<title>Barclays Ditch Frackers Third Energy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week at the Barclays Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Chairman John McFarlane told shareholders that the bank would be withdrawing their financing of fracking company Third Energy - licensed to frack in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. Barclays owns 97% controlling stakes in Third Energy. This could be a huge victory for the anti-fracking and climate justice movement in the UK,]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-05-15/barclays-ditch-frackers-third-energy</link>
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		<title>Why you should come to Power Shift 2017</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How great is Power Shift? Really great! Would Fossil Free TCD have been as effective in our Divestment campaign if we hadn’t attended last summer? No way. Power Shift didn’t just teach us strategy techniques that helped us push our campaign over the line to win, it taught us so much more. We could suddenly hold effective, fun meetings; we drew people in and kept them on board;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-04-13/why-you-should-come-power-shift-2017</link>
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		<title>Stop Ordnance Survey Ads on #MuslimBan Breitbart News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newman University just called to tell us that they have blocked their ads from appearing on #MuslimBan cheerleaders Breitbart news! It only took a few hours of campaigning to win this, let&#039;s use our people power to create a landslide. The self proclaimed voice of the alt-right Breitbart is still pumping out stories propping up Trump and his #MuslimBan with headlines from today]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2017-02-02/stop-ordnance-survey-ads-muslimban-breitbart-news</link>
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		<title>How can Oxford explain this lack of progress?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite consistently placing in the top tier of higher education institutions both globally and nationally in terms of academic excellence, Oxford University has consistently shown a poor track record when it comes to sustainability. For the past several years, the university has achieved solid 3rd class awards (if not a fail) in People and Planet&#039;s University league, a UK]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2016-12-21/how-can-oxford-explain-lack-progress</link>
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		<title>Bristol Uni Courts Votes in Favour of Divestment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 2nd of December, Bristol Green Party Councillor Carla Denyer put forward a motion to Bristol University&#039;s ‘Court’ with the support of the UoB Fossil Free campaign. The motion both proposed that the University should ‘set a lead in tackling climate change’ by gradually phasing out its investments in companies which derive the majority of their revenue from fossil fuel]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2016-12-16/bristol-uni-courts-votes-favour-divestment</link>
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		<title>Every university wants to be seen to be &#x00027;acting green&#x00027;, but how many are sincerely willing to put in the work?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the global climate justice movement continues to grow and grow with an increasingly exciting energy, it manifests at its loudest, most colourful, creative, and radical on university campuses across the UK and the world. With a fresh wave of fossil fuel divestments announced alongside People &amp; Planet&#039;s 2016 University League, universities across the country now know full]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2016-12-01/every-university-wants-be-seen-be-acting-green-how-many-are-sincerely-willing-put</link>
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		<title>Letter from the Zapotec Indigenous community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The NUS represents 7 million students and passes policy at their annual conference. In collaboration with the Zapotec Indigenous community, UK students from the University West of Scotland and beyond are proposing an amendment to the Divest-Invest motion (502b) to support a just transition to renewable energy that does not reproduce the colonial models of extraction employed]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2016-05-25/letter-zapotec-indigenous-community</link>
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		<title>Anna from Glasgow Uni reporting from Paris COP 2015</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are breaking the ban on protest to challenge false solutions. COP21 is supposed to negotiate a new climate agreement. My hopes were high for an ambitious deal. That was before the conference started. So far we have seen targets set that will take us well above the 1.5 degrees C ‘safety zone’ and closer to a 3 degrees C world where front-line communities are readily]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<link>https://peopleandplanet.org/news/2016-05-11/anna-glasgow-uni-reporting-paris-cop-2015</link>
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