Research and Financial Relationships with Arms Companies
Dear University of Abertay,
We are writing to request information on the research and financial relationships the university holds in the following companies: BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce, GKN, Cobham, Elbit Systems, Leonardo, L3 Technologies, Northrop Grumman, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Aktiebolaget Volvo group, Caterpillar INC, Barclays PLC, J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited, Intel Corporation, HD Hyundai, Heavy Industries Company LTD., Chevron Corporation, TKH Securities, HIKvision, Puma SE, HP Inc. Hewlett Packard Enterprises, Siemens AG, Texaco INC, Raytheon, Thales, Boeing, General Dynamics, Airbus, United Technologies, Babcock International, Serco, Meggitt, AirTanker, Chemring, Ultra Electronics, Rokar, Fokker Technologies and MBDA and any other arms companies that are listed in the database below :
https://www.whoprofits.org/companies/all
Additionally, We are writing to request information on the contracts the university holds with the Ministry of Defence and equivalent bodies and armed forces of other countries.
Please include the following information:
1. For each of the above companies/bodies please list all the projects, industrial consultancy and industrial research that the university has received funding for over the past seven academic years, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-present. Details should be broken down by each university department, showing the company or government body who have provided funding, the awarded date of each contract, title of the project/research, and total awarded value of each project/research year-by-year for the past seven academic years. Lastly, please list all external organisations and bodies that are also participants in the projects/research identified.
For guidance on the template we are seeking, please see this example from the University of Strathclyde here:
[https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/r... A 2017 185.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1]
(https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/r...)
2. Does the university have, or is it working towards, an ethical research policy that excludes, or could exclude, the companies listed above?
Please provide the information in a machine readable form and spell out all acronyms.
Yours faithfully,
Farah Wael.
Dear Farah Wael,
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If you have any questions regarding your request for information, please contact:
FOI Processing
Abertay University
Bell Street
DUNDEE DD1 1HG
E-mail: [University of Abertay Dundee request email]
Yours sincerely
FOI Processing
Abertay University
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
Julie Greenhill
Governance Office Coordinator
Abertay University | Bell Street | DUNDEE |DD1 1HG
E: [email address]; [email address]
T: 01382 308337
Dear Farah
Further to your information request of 12/11/2024, please find a response letter attached.
Yours sincerely
FOI Processing
Abertay University
Bell Street
DUNDEE DD1 1HG
E-mail: [University of Abertay Dundee request email]
Abertay University is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC016040
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