The story of Senate House reveals how out-of-touch our universities have become

A week in the life of protests at the University of London, where students are occupying and outsourced workers are preparing to strike.

By Anoosh Chakelian

As the most extensive university staff strikes to take place in the UK continue, students are occupying campus buildings across the country in solidarity.

In university towns and cities including Liverpool, Bristol, London, Sheffield, Nottingham, Glasgow and more, students are staging sit-in protests to back industrial action by staff against university management.