Students at the University of Sheffield occupied the Hicks Building in solidarity of the University College Union (UCU) strikes and alleged arms company links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This comes a month after the Sheffield Action Group occupied the Diamond<\/a> for a week to call out the University’s ties to arms companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last night, a group of student protestors named Sheffield Action Group<\/a> entered the Hicks building on the city centre campus and declared an occupation to “kick arms companies off campus”, alongside supporting striking staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Protestors chose to leave the building hours after entering, believing they achieved their aim with the closure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the student occupiers, who asked not to be named, said: “We are here to demand dignity and better conditions for their staff, a struggle which has been fought for by the whole University community for years.“<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sheffield Action Group demand that the University cuts ties with the arms companies and call for the requirements of the UCU<\/a> strike, asking for better pay, conditions, job security and pension security to be met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n