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Students seize iconic uni site
University of London’s Senate House occupied

STUDENT activists stormed and occupied the administrative centre of the University of London yesterday in order to “reclaim International Women’s Day.”

Fifty women and non-gender-binary people, lead by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts (NCAFC), walked into the university’s iconic Senate House in the early afternoon.

Security officers quickly raised an alarm, with other students reporting that the building’s doors had been locked.

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