Cambridge University to review investments in response to pro-Gaza protests

The UK’s University of Cambridge has announced it will review its approach to “responsible investment” in response to a months-long pro-Palestinian student encampment at the university.

The university administration said in a statement on Tuesday: “The Students' Union approved motion, various college-level approved motions, and the students protesting with the Cambridge Encampment for Palestine have expressed a concern to us that our current investment may not be in line with our institutional values, especially in relation to the arms/defence industry.”

It promised to consider “ways of defining and monitoring defence exposures within investment portfolios” as part of the review.

This comes after Middle East Eye revealed in May that the council of Cambridge's wealthiest constituent college, Trinity, voted to divest from all arms companies, but that it later decided not to announce the decision.

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