Bailiffs have forcibly removed Manchester University students who have been occupying a campus building for six weeks. This came after students went on rent strike with the university being granted a possession order for the entirety of south campus in court yesterday. Protesters, calling for affordable rents, were taken from the Simon Building at around […]
University of Manchester students occupying John Owens received an ultimatum threatening disciplinary action if they had not left the building by 4pm yesterday But rent strikers are continuing to occupy buildings including the Simon building and many are continuing to withhold their rent payments for three weeks. A first-year humanities and politics student, who lives in Oak […]
Struggling students are optimistic about a brighter new year after relations between learners and institutions grew tense over the past few months. Students at the University of Manchester had one early Christmas present, with a rent reduction following a two-week rent strike. Though a decision has only been made for the first semester, the reduced […]