Chinese technology giant Huawei is in discussions to pay the London School of Economics to study “leadership” in the development of 5G technology. The LSE approved the project despite internal concerns about taking the controversial firm’s money.
Internal LSE documents seen by openDemocracy show that in September a committee that monitors the ethics of gifts and donations to the university approved a three-year project worth £105,000 funded by Huawei. The ethical approval was given despite staff concerns that the tech giant could present its links with LSE as an endorsement.
LSE has said that it has not made a final decision on whether to go ahead with the Huawei project but it is not the only concern about the university’s foreign funding to be raised recently.
