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STUDENTS have launched occupations at four universities to demand refunds of rents and tuition fees paid during lockdown. They took over campus buildings at the universities of Manchester, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam and Nottingham on Thursday evening. The action follows occupations last year in protest at students being recalled to university, only to be locked in their halls of residence, denied face-to-face teaching and kept under watch by police and security guards on campus. In a joint statement, the occupiers told the Morning Star: “This escalation comes off the back of the largest British rent strike in 40 years where students, angry at collectively paying over £1 billion for empty rooms, withheld payments to their landlords. ....
University rent strikes escalate Submitted by AWL on 12 January, 2021 - 11:09 Groups of students at around fifty unis are now withholding rent for halls of residence, or about to start doing so. The advice to most students not to return to campus until mid-February at earliest has given the rent strike wave fresh impetus. What’s the point of paying for accommodation you can’t use for at least six weeks and possibly longer? The movement is beginning to consolidate organisation, with meetings being held, reps elected and a national network. The grievances, anxieties and consequently demands for undergraduates go beyond paying for accommodation that isn’t occupied. ....