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Survey finds post-1992 universities leading the way on sustainability and ethics

Move to exclude fossil fuel firms from investment portfolios follows years of campaigning by staff and students

FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest

FoI requests show Shell and BP among firms giving funds to institutions which have pledged to divest

Jody Freeman was a board member at the fossil fuel firm for over 10 years and received more than $350,000 a year in salary and stocks

Environmental law professor Jody Freeman urged to cut ties with ConocoPhillips, which pays her more than $350,000 a year

Funding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, report says

Campaign group calls for institutions to be accountable via short-term assessments after 59% missed goals

Exclusive: move affecting 65% of institutions means endowments worth almost £18bn out of reach for firms

My father, Peter Ackers, who has died aged 97, was a civil engineer and an expert in hydraulics. He worked on projects all over the world, involving hydropower, tidal energy, coastal protection, reservoir spillways and other...

My friend and colleague Allan Hamilton, who has died of pneumonia aged 85, was a distinguished microbiologist at the University of Aberdeen. His work transformed the understanding of microbial corrosion in offshore oil installations...

Anger after investigation finds Imperial College London, Cambridge and Oxford among institutions to have accepted funding

Peter P Edwards, responding to a report about Oxford University’s receipt of money from fossil fuel firms, writes in support of the KACST-Oxford Centre for Petrochemical Research

Figures from oil, gas and petrochemical companies does not include £100m from Ineos in 2021

Former archbishop says oil firm holdings not compatible with duty to next generation