A group of students who occupied Manchester University buildings as part of a long-running rent strike could be excluded. Disciplinary proceedings have begun against 11 students who barricaded themselves in university buildings during the stand-off.
Strikers have been refusing to pay their accommodation fees since January. One group barricaded themselves inside the Simon Building for more than five weeks before being evicted by bailiffs.
Demands made by the University of Manchester Rent Strike group include a 30 per cent rent reduction or rebate for this year, a rent freeze across university digs for at least three years and that at least 40pc of university halls cost less than half of the maximum student maintenance loan within the next three years.
