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Stocks of food at the Trussell Trust Brent Foodbank, Neasden, London
STRUGGLING students are turning to food banks and have allegedly been threatened with interest on their rent by the University of London (UoL) management, rent strikers warned today.
Hundreds of students in UoL intercollegiate halls are officially on rent strike, withholding more than £350,000 from the institution, in protest against being used as “cash cows” during the pandemic.
Strikers claim that they have been bombarded with aggressive emails threatening vulnerable students with interest on their rent, having to pay for a full year upfront, as well as “serious and potentially long-term consequences” to creditworthiness.
JACK DAVIDSON explains the motivation behind the UCU strike action at the University of Sheffield
Almost half of universities face deficits, merger mania is taking hold, and massive fee hikes that will lock out working-class students are on the horizon, write RUBEN BRETT, PAUL WHITEHOUSE and DAN GRACE