Defence contractors hand British universities £40m
by Jamie Doward and Greg Bennett from on (#3KMBH)
Dependence on the arms industry worries scientists as other funding dries up
Britain's universities are taking tens of millions of pounds from some of the world's biggest defence contractors to help develop the next generation of military hardware.
The close relationship between academia and the defence sector is credited with helping sustain tens of thousands of jobs in the UK but it is causing unease among some scientists, even as other sources of funding for universities dry up.
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