OIL, gas and tar sands companies have been banned from recruiting at Swansea University, following an 18-month campaign by students and staff.

As part of a new ethical policy, such companies will be unable to access careers fairs and employer events organised by the university careers service, and the university will no longer advertise roles in those industries to students.

The campaign against fossil fuel recruitment was backed by the Swansea branch of the University Colleges Union (UCU) and the Swansea Students Union, which voted to support the campaign in March last year.