Uni recruits will need MI5 clearance in bid to weed out Chinese spies & stop hostile states stealing sensitive research
UNIVERSITY boffins could soon need security clearance under government plans to stop hostile states stealing sensitive research.
Britain’s top spooks have warned that foreign powers like China are targeting unis “to deliver their own authoritarian, military and commercial priorities”.
Oliver Dowden is considering a package of measures to protect universities from foreign powersMI5 chief Ken McCallum recently met 24 vice-chancellors to alert them to the emerging national security threat their campuses face.
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