Why University of Manchester students are protesting and barricading buildings with furniture curiously
Students at the University of Manchester have entered their second full day protesting on the grounds of the university. Since February 8, they have taken over a number of buildings on campus and are hanging flags out the window that read “UoM puts profit over students and workers.”READ MORE: The worrying reality of the cost of living crisis on Manchester's students
Hundreds of students gathered to announce that they would be withholding rent amid claims they've had to work full-time jobs while undergoing full-time degrees and have no other option but to use food banks to make ends meet. Currently, the MEN has estimated there are about 50 students occupying three university buildings, understood to be the Engineering building, the Samuel Alexander building, and the 'high security' senior management John Owens buildings - where President and Vice Chancellor Nancy Rothwell is located.
The occupations have been coordinated to coincide with the demands of the current industrial action by the UCU which began on February 9.“38 hours into the occupations, and we are holding out strong! A student occupying one of the buildings has told the M.E.N on Thursday that they plan to stay for as long as they 'feasibly can.'
"That’s why the uni partly has a £120 million surplus. We have a cost of living crisis and inflation [yet they have] increased rent by £450 per year without the grant going up. I have to work two jobs to afford uni.
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