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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Hall

Sheffield University criticised for hiring private investigator after protest

Sheffield University
A co-director of People and Planet said Sheffield University’s response to a student protest was alarming. Photograph: Alamy

Sheffield University has been criticised for hiring a private investigator to look into the possible involvement of two student activists in a protest in one of its buildings.

The two students received letters on 9 November informing them that the university had hired Intersol Global, a firm of investigators, to look into whether they were involved in a student occupation of a building in late October protesting against Sheffield’s links to the arms industry.

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