New shareholding figures for 2008 have been obtained by Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) for around one hundred higher education institutions in the UK, including all Russell Group members without an Ethical Investment Policy in place and 90% of Oxbridge colleges.
Here's the arms investments data for UCL from June 2008:
£869,825 invested in Cobham plc
Total Assets Invested (all shares): £92.3m
Arms shares as % of total investments: 0.9
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UCL students will attend a universities network workshop at the CAAT National Gathering in London this Saturday. We'll meet with ethical investment campaigners from other UK universities and plan the next ethical investment action day.