The Guardian - Higher Education

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Exclusive: move affecting 65% of institutions means endowments worth almost £18bn out of reach for firms One hundred universities in the UK have pledged to divest from fossil fuels, the Guardian can reveal. Continue reading.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Student pressure pushes higher education institutions to commit to divesting from fossil fuels More UK universities are cutting ties with the fossil fuel industry in response to student campaigns, according to the annual survey of sustainability in higher education. Continue reading.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The mandate – which was unanimously passed – calls for sweeping campus-wide measures to tackle the climate crisis that include just transition , total divestment from fossil fuels, disclosure of the university’s financial ties within the private sector and a ban on receiving research funding from the fossil fuel industry.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

OCTOBER 4, 2023

FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest Major fossil fuel companies have committed tens of millions of pounds in funding to UK universities since 2022, it can be revealed, despite many of these institutions having actively pledged to divest from oil and gas.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In her reply to Stanford, she said she did not feel comfortable celebrating the school’s launch because of its willingness to accept money from fossil fuel companies, whose negative influence on climate research has been a subject of her academic work for over a decade. When the Doerr School held its opening ceremony on Sept.

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HEPI

JANUARY 12, 2023

This blog was kindly contributed by Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Divestment. Few decisions by their university exercise students more than the investments they make in fossil fuel companies. C , well above the 1.5-2.0°C

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In addition, the Great Recession triggered a campus version of the Occupy Wall Street movement, as growing numbers of graduate students and even undergraduates unionized and campus activism intensified, evident in movements to divest from fossil fuels, in unrest among student athletes and fury over campus sexual assaults.

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