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University of Manchester agrees 30pc discount on rent two weeks after strikers occupied Fallowfield tower

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barricaded themselves into a derelict building in Owens Park earlier this month after failing to get the attention of management.They unfurled banners criticising the heavy presence of security and police on campus and called for action from Vice-Chancellor Nancy Rothwell.

The university's £260,000-a-year leader has since given a series of interviews apologising for the 'mistakes' made this term, including the decision to install metal fencing around halls of residence in Fallowfield.An offer of two weeks rent reduction was rejected by the strikers last week as 'nowhere near enough' considering students are being asked to leave halls early in December.Tonight the university confirmed it has now offered to discount the equivalent of more.

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