Oxford University students were today evicted from a building they have occupied for three days in protest against tuition fees.

Bailiffs entered Oxenford House, an administration building in Friars Entry, Oxford, at 7.20am to remove the students. There were 50 inside, but around 200 were involved at the weekend.

Oxford University secured a possession order at the High Court in London yesterday to remove the students, who are campaigning for the £1,000 tuition fees to be abolished.

As they were leaving the students carried banners saying: "Blair, could you afford to study here now?" Protester Daniel Maudsley, a second-year Politics, Philosophy and Economics student, said: "We didn't offer any resistance. We are meeting tonight to decide what action to take in the future.

"If the University chooses to ignore us we will be forced to make them listen in other ways. There are currently 80 non-payers. We will continue not paying until we are forced to give in. We are not prepared to be martyrs."

A university spokesman said: "Occupation of a University or college building is an offence. There will be some kind of hearing before the University proctors, who are in charge of discipline.

Story date: Tuesday 16 November

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