UK's top universities may lead the teaching league tables, but they are lagging on climate action

Madeleine Cuff
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New data suggests England's 'Russell Group' of universities are the slowest in the sector to decarbonise

The dreaming spires of Oxford and Cambridge may be the embodiment of academic excellence for many around the world, but it seems they do not hold such a exulted reputation for climate action. According...

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