Three more universities vow to end on campus fossil fuel recruitment

James Murray
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Three more universities vow to end on campus fossil fuel recruitment

University of Bedfordshire, University of the Arts London and Wrexham Glyndwr University become latest institutions to adopt 'Ethical Careers Policy'

With the annual 'milk round' of graduate recruitment fairs in full swing, fossil fuel firms are finding their options are narrowing. The oil and gas industry has long complained that it is finding it...

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