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As of 8.30am this morning, students of Aberystwyth University started a teach-in in the main lecture hall on Penglais Campus.

Students at the University of Hull went into occupation this morning.

Management at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne are threatening legal action against students who are occupying there.

Sixth form students began a 24-hour sit-in at Camden School for Girls, in north London at 9am this morning, Wednesday.

Monday has seen new occupations bloom across the country as students gear up for the biggest fight yet.

Some 80 students and teachers packed in to an exciting meeting at Islington Sixth Form College today (Thursday) to discuss how to win the battle to defend EMA and stop government plans to increase tuition fees.

Students at the London School of Economics (LSE) in central London have gone into occupation against a planned rise in tuition fees and cuts to education.

Parents, teachers and support staff from Moorland and St Aloysius schools took part in a 100-strong lobby of Islington council executive in north London on Thursday of last week.

As police were clobbering students in Whitehall last week, education secretary Michael Gove released his government’s harsh vision for schools.

Teachers at St Aloysius comprehensive school in Islington, north London, struck on Wednesday and Thursday of last week.

Teachers, students and parents marched through Swansea last Saturday against the closure of Daniel James Community School.

A potential strike by huge numbers of public sector workers to defend pensions moved a step closer last week.