A student activist has spoken out about the "injustice" she and other students have faced since being arrested after an occupation at Birmingham University last month.

Deborah Hermanns was among a group of 30 students kettled by police in the rain for over three hours following a massive free education demonstration on the campus.

She was arrested for refusing to give her name to officers and was released without charge after a "horrible" 28 hours.

But Ms Hermanns was slapped with bail conditions that banned her from going to campus and was suspended, along with four other students, from her course by Birmingham University bosses.

That meant she was also barred from running in elections at the Birmingham Guild of Students.

Now the student has described the "most stressful" weeks of her life on Facebook in an appeal to fellow students to join weekly demonstrations against the suspensions.

She wrote: "Looking back on the last two weeks, I can say that they have been by far some of the most stressful of my life and if it had not been for the support of my fellow Defend Education activists and friends, I probably would not have been able to cope with the situation.

"However, being treated like a criminal by my own university for simply opening my mouth quite loudly, has just reassured my wish to stand for the position of vice-president for education.

"So far, all that the five of us have experienced over the last two weeks is injustice by the university and the police. Now it is time for students to change that."