Brighton students end art gallery sit-in

11:10am Tuesday 6th December 2011 in News By Bill Gardner

Students who occupied an art gallery at Brighton University decided to end their sit-in yesterday.

The 30 students were protesting about higher tuition fees and education cuts.

The activists, from Brighton Students Against Cuts, said they did not want to disrupt an art exhibition by fellow students.

If the protesters had stayed, the show would have been cancelled by the university.

The group accused university bosses of turning students against them.

A statement said: “It became clear that the university’s response to the occupation was not to enter into dialogue, but to divide and rule.

“We were told today by a member of staff that the exhibiting students had decided to cancel the show.

“However, when we spoke to the students themselves we were told that they had made no such decision, rather that they were informed by staff that the show would have to be cancelled.

“Disruption to students was something we wished to avoid, and it became clear that due to the nature of the exhibition our presence would unavoidably have caused disruption.”

They said the five-day occupation had successfully drawn attention to their opposition to the government’s White Paper on education.

Comments(19)

Mart2a says...
11:21am Tue 6 Dec 11

In other words it's getting colder and the Uni term ends next week and there will be no heating, food and time to go home to mummy and daddy. WOTEVER LOSERS

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AngelicDevil says...
11:24am Tue 6 Dec 11

Did you see the state of them on the news? If they come from middle/upper classes, as their parents I'd be ashamed of them.

Looked like tramps.

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Archie Bun says...
11:56am Tue 6 Dec 11

They couldn't even last a week! Pathetic.

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Servalan says...
12:08pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Now look, I think we can all accept that the world had been shaken by the integrity and determination of this sit-in, to the point where all their aims had been achieved and it was safe for them to go home.

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Pork William says...
12:10pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Mart2a wrote:
In other words it's getting colder and the Uni term ends next week and there will be no heating, food and time to go home to mummy and daddy. WOTEVER LOSERS
Exactly; all the middle-class kids wouldn't want to miss Christmas back in Cheltenham with Mummy and Daddy...

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Joshiman says...
12:15pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Too cold.Want to go home to mummy and daddy and be snugelled up in bed with a hot water bottle and teddy bear.Poor things have gone through sheer hell.Dont you just feel so sorry for them.

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AngelicDevil says...
12:20pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Pork William wrote:
Mart2a wrote: In other words it's getting colder and the Uni term ends next week and there will be no heating, food and time to go home to mummy and daddy. WOTEVER LOSERS
Exactly; all the middle-class kids wouldn't want to miss Christmas back in Cheltenham with Mummy and Daddy...
Cheltenham? Hertfordshire, darling!

More likely to be squatters! They looked like they could do with a shower and a good tidy up.

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leobrighton says...
12:53pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Why are the comments so nasty. Just think of the contribution to society these students will bring with their "Art"

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toldsloth says...
1:22pm Tue 6 Dec 11

My wife works at the UOB and the bunch down at grand parade are generally regarded by everybody else as a right pain in the *** - live in a dream world and are as militant as hell - always spoiling for a fight and basically have the attitude that somebody owes them a living.
Of course that's just the staff. The students are just a waste of space and not worth bothering with, as has already been mentioned.

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Ballroom Blitz says...
4:02pm Tue 6 Dec 11

This will be easily the longest time they have ever spent in a University building! Was it a bit of a shock for the poor little darlings?

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sandalman says...
4:36pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Ban or cease tiger farmiing in china!

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Morpheus says...
4:40pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Poor things. They have at least learned that if you want to demostrate pick an appropriate time to do it. When you want to be in the clubs celebrating and mixing with the capitalists it is best not to occupy a building where you cannot do these things.

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Diaper Sector says...
4:59pm Tue 6 Dec 11

tenerifeisland wrote:
Please ensure all the students involved pay for the extra security and costs incurred by the uni due to their pathetic protest!!! God what a bunch of ****!!' more like an embarrasement!!!
Excellent point

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GRANDAD says...
5:01pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Some people went into a building.
Some people left a building.
They were probably getting work experience.
I wonder how they will view their actions when they become adults.

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papa_melons says...
6:20pm Tue 6 Dec 11

leobrighton wrote:
Why are the comments so nasty. Just think of the contribution to society these students will bring with their "Art"
please go to your room at once, and don't come out until you have had a good think about what you typed....

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Bladesboy Returns says...
7:07pm Tue 6 Dec 11

toldsloth wrote:
My wife works at the UOB and the bunch down at grand parade are generally regarded by everybody else as a right pain in the *** - live in a dream world and are as militant as hell - always spoiling for a fight and basically have the attitude that somebody owes them a living.
Of course that's just the staff. The students are just a waste of space and not worth bothering with, as has already been mentioned.
Great post. LOL

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lorrie1 says...
8:16pm Tue 6 Dec 11

Bladesboy Returns wrote:
toldsloth wrote: My wife works at the UOB and the bunch down at grand parade are generally regarded by everybody else as a right pain in the *** - live in a dream world and are as militant as hell - always spoiling for a fight and basically have the attitude that somebody owes them a living. Of course that's just the staff. The students are just a waste of space and not worth bothering with, as has already been mentioned.
Great post. LOL
Brilliant !

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Cash Cow says...
3:19am Wed 7 Dec 11

I have often wondered over the years, as these students see themselves, as being so world wise and intelligent, why do they bother to go to university in the first place, especially in Brighton where the price of alcohol is so high in comparison to many other areas of this wonderful country. Could it be it's their parents who send them, hoping they will learn some advanced skills like how to wash, tie their shoe laces and pull their trousers up properly. Perhaps these parents may even have higher aspirations their little darlings might learn to say "please" and "thank you" occasionally and realise they are not American kids who have to say "like" every third word, and not everybody is called "dude". Then perhaps they may also realise they are not automatically entitled to 10% discount anywhere they find themselves just because they carry cards with theirs and other peoples photo's on, depending on who's trousers they find on the floor when they wake up in the afternoon.

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Cash Cow says...
3:23am Wed 7 Dec 11

Apologies for entering comment three times, site is responding very slowly or PC is playing up?

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