Over 20 students have started a sit-in at Exeter University as part of Britain-wide protests over Con-Dem plans to privatise student loans.

The group marched across campus and occupied a common room on Monday evening as part of a week of action organised by the Student Assembly Against Austerity.

A statement made clear the occupation came in response to the government's intention to flog millions of pounds worth of student debt racked up between 1998 and 2012 to privateers.