Links to the arms trade
Dear University of Oxford,
I write to request information regarding the research and financial relationships Oxford University has with the following companies: Lockheed Martin, Rolls-Royce, Boeing, General Dynamics, Airbus, BAE Systems, QinetiQ, GKN, Cobham, Elbit Systems, Leonardo, United Technologies, L3 Technologies, Babcock International, Northrop Grumman, Serco, Raytheon, Meggitt, Thales, AirTanker, Ultra Electronics, Chemring and other arms providers.
In addition, I write to request information regarding the contracts and other relationships the university holds with the Ministry of Defence.
I also write to request information regarding the contracts and relationships the university holds with other governments abroad.
Please include the following information:
1. For each of the above companies/bodies please list all projects, industrial research and industrial consultancy that the university has received funding for over the past five academic years, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18 and any information regarding the present academic year thus far, 2018-19. Please also include donations from any of the aforementioned companies/bodies.
Please ensure that details are broken down into university department, showing the company or government body that provided the funding, the start and end date of the contract/project, the title of the project/research/donation and the total funding of each contract/project year-by-year for the past five academic years and the current ongoing academic year.
Please also show any external bodies involved or participating in the contract/project in question.
2. Does the university have - or is it working toward - an ethical research policy that specifically excludes the companies listed?
Yours faithfully,
Jorrit Donner
Dear Mr Donner,
I write to acknowledge receipt of your request.
We shall endeavour to send you a substantive response no later than the statutory deadline of 25 January 2019.
Yours sincerely,
Information Compliance Team
Council Secretariat | University of Oxford
University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD
Dear Mr Donner,
I attach a reply to your FOI request of 23 December 2018.
Yours sincerely
Max Todd
Assistant Registrar (Information Compliance)
Information Compliance Team
Council Secretariat
University Offices
Wellington Square
Oxford
OX1 2JD
01865 280299
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/councilsec/abo...
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