STUDENTS who boycotted rent payments due to “not feasible” living conditions at a top university’s halls of residence won £300,000 in compensation yesterday.

University College London (UCL) was forced to pay each of the 238 residents of its Hawkridge House a sum of £1,200 for a series of unaddressed complaints including a rat infestation.

The news came a month after campaigners at another of the college’s accommodation sites were awarded £100,000 in rent for similar grievances.