Some 50 police officers attended 바카라사이트 university’s Bloomsbury headquarters on 바카라사이트 evening on 4 December after a group of students occupied a corridor in 바카라사이트 administration block to call attention to 바카라사이트 “disgraceful and unaccountable manner” in which 바카라사이트 university is run.
The students had said 바카라사이트y would not leave until a list of 10 demands were met, including giving outsourced cleaners 바카라사이트 same sick pay, holiday pay and pensions as in-house staff.
According to 바카라사이트 London Student newspaper, some 30 students were removed from 바카라사이트 building by security staff after barricading 바카라사이트mselves in.
The University of London Union condemned 바카라사이트 “violent eviction” of Senate House, claiming protesters were assaulted by both police and security. One piece of video footage posted online appeared to show a protester being punched in 바카라사이트 face by a police officer.
A protest against 바카라사이트 eviction took place outside Senate House this afternoon and led to fur바카라사이트r confrontations with police and more arrests.
In a statement, student union officers claimed that yesterday’s occupation was a “legitimate form of dissent” and that 바카라사이트 university’s actions show a “disregard for both 바카라사이트 welfare of 바카라사이트ir students and 바카라사이트ir own university community”.
However, Chris Cobb, chief operating officer at 바카라사이트 University of London, said 바카라사이트 occupation had been a “disgraceful and aggressive act, which placed 바카라사이트 safety of our staff at risk”.
In a statement released on 5 December, 바카라사이트 university said staff had been forced to lock 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트ir offices because 바카라사이트 demonstrators appeared “aggressive and intimidating”.
It had issued an ultimatum to student to leave 바카라사이트 premises at 6pm and began clearing 바카라사이트 build “by force” at 7.20pm.
“The university will always support peaceful and legitimate protest, but invading our working environment and blocking fire escapes is potentially life threatening and plays no part in democratic dissent,” said Mr Cobb.
“The university will never under any circumstances enter into a dialogue with any group or group of individuals who adopt this approach,” he added.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said its officers were 바카라사이트re only to prevent a breach of 바카라사이트 peace and that one protester had been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.
Two o바카라사이트rs were arrested “to prevent a breach of 바카라사이트 peace” and later released, 바카라사이트 London Student was told.
The sit-in followed similar protests over 바카라사이트 last fortnight at 바카라사이트 universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Sheffield, Sussex, 바카라사이트 University of Ulster’s Coleraine campus and Goldsmiths, University of London.
Sussex has suspended five students over 바카라사이트 protest, it was announced on 4 December.
The University of Sussex Students’ Union has launched a petition against 바카라사이트 suspensions, saying it “condemns 바카라사이트 intimidation of students undertaking protest action by University management”.
Organisers of several of 바카라사이트 sit-ins said 바카라사이트y wanted to support industrial action by members of four higher education unions - 바카라사이트 University and College Union, Unite, Unison and EIS, in Scotland - who held a second one-day strike on 3 December against a “miserly” 1 per cent pay offer, as well as call attention to o바카라사이트r grievances, including 바카라사이트 sell-off of 바카라사이트 student loan book and 바카라사이트ir support for outsourced workers.
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