Lancaster University is among 35 higher education institutions to join the Defence Universities Alliance2 weeks agoLancaster student societies have signed a petition criticising the university’s decision to join the Defence Universities Alliance (DUA) as a founding member. The Defence Universities Alliance is a strategic UK government network, connecting UK universities with the armed forces to promote defence research and boost industrial collaboration. Lancaster University is among 35 UK universities to have joined the alliance, including north Lancashire counterparts, University of Cumbria and University of Lancashire. Lancaster University Solidarity Network, a student-led activist group, has launched a petition, demanding transparency, representation, accountability and continuity of democratic practice from Lancaster University, and for the university to be removed from the DUA. Other Lancaster groups that have signed the petition include Lancaster University Climate Action Society, Greater Left Forum Lancaster and Lancaster University Feminist Society.