University of Manchester students occupy building in fresh protest over rent and tuition fees The group are demanding thousands of pounds back after their courses have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic Updated University of Manchester students have occupied a building in a fresh protest over rent and tuition fees. The group of around a dozen students have barricaded themselves into the Samuel Alexander building on Oxford Road and say they won't leave until their demands are met. Banners are hanging from the building with slogans such as ''This is an occupied building, students welcome' and and 'We're waiting Nancy' (a reference to Vice-Chancellor Nancy Rothwell).