We are aware that there is some news circulating about the @UniofOxford committing to divest, and while we would like to be celebrating right now, we cannot. Oxford has previously committed to a partial divestment, and the newest resolution passed through the congregation (1/4)

is a slight expansion on that commitment. What it fails to do is to take the step of committing to full divestment, as 67 uk universities already have: it advocates for engagement with fossil fuel companies through their fund manager, (2/4)

with the prospect of divestment in the future. We have never considered this as an appropriate response to the issue, and we cannot count this as a full divestment.

You can read the text of the motion agreed by the congregation on this link:

https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/files/26march2020-no5272pdf
(3/4)

We will be releasing more info on this soon, but feel free to get in touch if you have further questions either here or at the email [email protected]

(4/4)

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