HC Deb 02 July 1987 vol 118 cc166-7W
Mr. Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many academics are at present sponsored under the defence lectureship scheme; and at which universities or other institutions of higher education.

Mr. Sainsbury

The Ministry of Defence currently sponsors a total of five defence lectureships in British academic institutions. These are at the University of Aberdeen; the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth; Kings College, London; and two posts at the University of Cambridge. A sixth defence lecturer will take up his post at the University of Birmingham on 1 October 1987. A former defence lecturer, at the University of Leeds, will continue to receive support funds from the Ministry of Defence until the end of the 1987–88 academic year.