| Notes |
Amount is 5,500,000 GBP (£5.5m)
In 2016 he gave £5.5m to the University of Buckingham to create a Centre for Economics and Entrepreneurship in collaboration with the IEA. The university, which offers a range of medical courses in addition to degrees in economics and entrepreneurship, declined to discuss the appropriateness of establishing such a relation with the IEA, an organisation that accepts funds from the tobacco industry. A spokesperson told The BMJ, “We can’t speak on behalf of other organisations but are committed to the principles of academic freedom and free speech and encourage debate on matters of public policy.” |