At, a meeting on March 6, Essex University students decided by a big ma‘ority to resist attempts by the university authorities to impose disciplinary charges on six members, The previous day there had been a sit-down by more 100 of the students in protest against the attempt to impose sanctions on the six who had been accused of being unruly in a demonstration against Tory M.P. “noch Powell when he visited the University on February 23. The Vice-Chancellor of the university Dr, Albert Sloman, was blockaded in his room until he agreed to answer questions. The students question the right of the university to punish people for participation in political demonstrations and to expose the students to a dual standard of discipline: civil and institutional, This protest coming on top of that at Sussex and other universities shows that students in this country are quite prepared to fight for their rights,
An Essex reader