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NUS occupied by free education campaign

Published on
June 11, 1999
Last updated
May 27, 2015

Thirty members of the student pressure group, the Campaign for Free Education, occupied the National Union of Students' London headquarters after the NUS refused to support their mass non-payment tactics. The students were outraged at the NUS's decision not to go ahead with a national non-fees demonstration next term, and by its refusal to support a march on the Scottish Parliament on July1.

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