“It’s now 67 hours… and zero minutes,” into the student occupation of the University of Manchester, the protester says. He’s speaking to the M.E.N. at 11am on Saturday (February 11) from inside the John Owens Building.
It’s a building which has featured in the background of countless graduation photos. Located behind the Whitworth Arch, which proudly displays the name of the university on Oxford Road, it’s also where the institution’s top brass work.
On Wednesday (February 8), students from the UoM Rent Strike group entered the John Owens and barricaded themselves in. They used a hodge-podge of filing cabinets, desks, and tables and chairs to prevent security from removing them.
