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In response to the increasing presence of corporate nasties at our universities, there has been a recent flurry of actions at various careers’ fairs and talks. In Manchester, one person cuffed themselves to a British Aerospace display to make sure he could stay and inform everyone of the sordid truth about BAe. This was followed by disruption at a swanky Shell affair where activists offered attendants ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’, with a carrot, a tenner and even £20 available for the correct answers about Shell’s ethical policies! In Newcastle, students attending a Nestle careers presentation were treated to an alternative perspective of the company by protesters. Feeling the students were generally not interested in Nestle’s exploitative policies the group left in the interval (after reclaiming choccie freebies to give to local kids homes).