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<p>The UK takes its responsibility towards countering the proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction and advanced conventional military technology seriously. The Academic
Technology Approval Scheme is a thorough, necessary and proportionate tool to protect
UK research from misappropriation and divergence to military programmes of concern.
While we are aware of some delays in granting approvals during this peak period ahead
of the beginning of the academic year, the vast majority of applications are processed
within published timescales.</p>
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