Over the past few months, there’s been a lot of focus on universities’ relationships with weapons manufacturers.Students set up encampments and occupied buildings, arguing that their unis are complicit in the assault on Gaza and demanding more transparency from their universities’ administrators.But, as writer and contributor to The Saturday Paper, Anna Krien started investigating the defence money flowing into education, she was shocked to find weapons companies are also tied to schools, shaping key parts of the curriculum.So where did this link between defence and education begin? And is this a price we’re willing to pay for a skilled defence industry?Today, Anna Krien on how the student protests revealed deep divisions and even deeper ties in our education sector.Socials: Stay in touch with us on Twitter and InstagramGuest: Writer and contributor to The Saturday Paper, Anna KrienSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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