A University of Manchester student has described the 'terrifying' moment bailiffs 'manhandled' them out a building following weeks of protests.
Students in the 'UoM Rent Strike' group have been occupying the Simon building on Oxford Road since February 13 as part of an ongoing protest over rent costs and living conditions in university-owned accommodation. In the week prior to that, they took over a further three buildings on the campus before vacating them, and this week they also staged a 'sit-in' at the John Owens building and protested outside the Board of Governors.
They are demanding a 30 per cent rent reduction, a rent freeze and a cost-of-living payment of £1,500, among other things. Last week university bosses began action to remove the occupiers from the Simon building, issuing court papers.
