Student protesters occupying a building at the University of Manchester were forcibly removed by court bailiffs this morning (Wednesday).
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.
