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University students suspended for taking part in solidarity actions with striking staff
UCU memebers and supporting students outside the University of Stirling

UNIVERSITY students have been suspended and some rendered homeless after taking part in an occupation in solidarity with striking staff.

Members of the University of Stirling Solidarity Network (USSN) have been banned from campus for eight weeks after taking over the Cottrell Building late last year.

The group of 13 occupied the site for two weeks in support of the University and College Union (UCU) members taking action in a dispute over pay, working conditions and pensions.

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