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An organiser has estimated that this could equate to around £800,000 in withheld rent. The movement has been rapidly gathering pace over recent weeks as tensions rise amongst the student body regarding the university’s rent policy during the Covid-19 pandemic. 500 PEOPLE HAVE PLEDGED TO WITHHOLD RENT IN JAN!! The University and colleges are landlords and bosses, and if we don’t fight for our own interests against their profit motive, we will continue to be exploited. Sign up today and join the mass movement: https://t.co/PLnTgWW6ck The movement, launched in late November of this year, is made up of a growing collection of students demanding a 30 per cent reduction in rent costs for the 2020/21 academic year and a commitment to a permanent 10 per cent reduction in costs for the academic years to come. ....
“Universities have turned into landlords”: UK students plan biggest rent strike in 40 years Students from at least 20 universities across Britain are planning to to go on rent strike when they return from the Christmas break – unless their universities agree to negotiate on rent reductions. They insist that they should not be made to pay premium rates. Es pecially in the midst of a pandemic, when in-person teaching and campus life is so limited. In November, there were successful mass strikes, leading the University of Manchester to reduce halls rent by 30 per cent for the autumn term. The success of campaigns so far has created a movement across the UK. At least 20 rent strikes are currently underway or being organised on campuses. Hundreds of students at universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Sussex, Goldsmiths, and Edinburgh are preparing to take action in 2021. The action comes from growing frustration at online teaching, conditions in halls of residenc ....
Article – Scoop.me Students from at least 20 universities across Britain are planning to to go on rent strike when they return from the Christmas break unless their universities agree to negotiate on rent reductions. They insist that they should not be made to pay … Students from at least 20 universities across Britain are planning to to go on rent strike when they return from the Christmas break – unless their universities agree to negotiate on rent reductions. They insist that they should not be made to pay premium rates. Especially in the midst of a pandemic, when in-person teaching and campus life is so limited. ....
Friday, 18 December 2020, 4:05 pm Students from at least 20 universities across Britain are planning to to go on rent strike when they return from the Christmas break – unless their universities agree to negotiate on rent reductions. They insist that they should not be made to pay premium rates. Especially in the midst of a pandemic, when in-person teaching and campus life is so limited. In November, there were successful mass strikes, leading the University of Manchester to reduce halls rent by 30 per cent for the autumn term. The success of campaigns so far has created a movement across the UK. At least 20 rent strikes ....