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Sponsorship: University torn apart by pounds 3.8m tobacco deal Vice-chancellor remains defiant as lecturers resign in protest at Nottingham's `humiliating' link-up with BAT
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AN ENGLISH university is facing accusations that it has sold its
good reputation for pounds 3.8m from a tobacco company in a dispute
that has divided its academic community.
The deal between Nottingham University and British American
Tobacco has been described as "a terrible humiliation" for the
university and prompted predictions of a mass exodus of staff because
of its "ethically wrong" decision.
One senior university figure, the East Midlands MEP Mel Read, who
resigned last ...
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