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The government announces new measures to deal with research security

The name’s Group—Russell Group. The government announced last night that 24 UK universities had been briefed by the director-general of MI5 and the chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre about the risks posed by hostile states.

According to a statement released by the Cabinet Office, the spy chiefs warned that foreign powers were targeting UK universities “to deliver their own authoritarian, military and commercial priorities, risking UK national security”.

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