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Students walk out at sit-in sanctions uni
Vice-chancellor lifts suspensions but refuses to drop disciplinary action for five activists

Hundreds of Sussex University students boycotted classes yesterday to join a campus protest against sanctions slapped on five activists by bosses.

Many formed picket lines at the Brighton-based university's gates and outside lecture halls from 8am to urge students to stay away from campus.

And around 300 students and staff flooded the main square in the afternoon for a rally to demand that bosses drop threats to expel or fine the five.

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