Students protesting against job and course cuts are still holding part of a university building.

About 100 University of Sussex students stormed the Terrace Room at Bramber House on Falmer campus at about 4pm yesterday.

Up to 70 are thought to still be there this morning with fellow students bringing food, water and blankets overnight.

The university management have closed the third floor of the building whilst the demonstrators are there.

The protest was the climax to a demonstration, organised by the Stop the Cuts campaign, against management plans to cut 115 jobs in a bid to save £5 million in 2010-11.

A support demonstration is planned for noon today outside the campus library.

A university spokeswoman said: "We are making alternate arrangements where events in the Conference Suite might have had to be re-arranged.

"Our overriding concern remains the safety of students, staff and visitors to the campus and the good running of normal university activities.

"We want this disruptive action to end as swiftly as possible."