{"id":31577,"date":"2021-03-15T15:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=31577"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:21:12","slug":"sheffield-student-union-votes-45-0-in-favour-of-supporting-rent-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/15\/sheffield-student-union-votes-45-0-in-favour-of-supporting-rent-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield Student Union votes 45-0 in favour of supporting rent strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Student Union voted to support a rent strike organised by University of Sheffield students.<\/p>\n<p>The vote, which took place on 11 March, saw 45 councillors voting in favour of the strike and none voting against.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a strong vote for,&#8221; said SU president Beth Eyre. &#8220;I&#8217;m really happy to see students utilising the SU democracy routes&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>The rent strike has been ongoing since 20 January. It calls upon the University to cut student rent by 30 per cent, and to offer all students a no-penalty early release clause. It also asks the university to reassess the support available to students.<\/p>\n<p>The strike currently consists of 103 students, whilst the demands and principle of the strike has been supported in a petition by over 700 students at the university, according to Dan Walsh, 19, who studies politics and international relations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The uni have shown consistent disregard for student mental health and wellbeing,&#8221; said Walsh. He criticised the packages being sold by the university to self-isolating students; the cost of the essential food and toiletries packages comes to \u00a349.25.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed concern about the growing student suicide rates. &#8220;That could be a friend of mine,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the University of Sheffield said: \u201cWe understand this has been an incredibly difficult year for students and throughout the pandemic we have been working hard to support them in the best possible way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following negotiations with the SU, the university agreed not to charge students who couldn&#8217;t make use of university accommodation between 4 January and 12 April, but this has not satisfied the rent strikers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We legally could not access our accommodation,&#8221; said Walsh in a speech to the SU council. &#8220;The refund from the most recent lockdown is the bare minimum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are getting an entirely different product than what we signed a contract for. It is logical that if you receive a different product then you pay a different amount,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Jess Kent, 22, a fourth-year maths student participating in the strike, shares this view.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31759\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31759\" class=\"wp-image-31759 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/awesome-shockley.77-68-72-77.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Jess-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jess pre-pandemic at Marxist Society march (credit: Jess Kent)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nowhere near the same,&#8221; she said, comparing this academic year to those before the pandemic. After being told she would receive face-to-face teaching, Jess was then told she wouldn&#8217;t after already signing the contract for her accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were essentially lied to,&#8221; she said, noting the lack of engagement with virtual clubs and societies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Less people are turning out. There&#8217;s no social stimulation whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You need to have that connection with others \u2013 forget about your degree for a night and just relax. And we\u2019re been robbed of that. It really does make the burden a lot harder.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Student Union voted to support a rent strike organised by University of Sheffield students. The vote, which took place on 11 March, saw 45 councillors voting in favour of the strike and none voting against. &#8220;It&#8217;s a strong vote for,&#8221; said SU president Beth Eyre. &#8220;I&#8217;m really happy to see students utilising the SU [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":31638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[302,303,9,304,305,306,307,291],"class_list":["post-31577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-rent","tag-rent-strikes","tag-sheffield","tag-sheffield-students-union","tag-strikes","tag-students","tag-su","tag-university"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sheffield Student Union votes 45-0 in favour of supporting rent strike - Sheffield Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/15\/sheffield-student-union-votes-45-0-in-favour-of-supporting-rent-strike\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sheffield Student Union votes 45-0 in favour of supporting rent strike - Sheffield Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sheffield Student Union voted to support a rent strike organised by University of Sheffield students. 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