This Friday over 150 Sussex University students will take part in a protest highlighting the plight of Luqman Onikosi,a first year Economics & International Relations student from Nigeria.
The protest will involve people sitting for one hour at exam tables in either Falmer Quad or Mandela Hall under the banner "Let Luqman stay."
Luqman's sponsor recently died and the sponsor's family have refused to pay his course fees. He has been unable to raise the £8000 per year needed.
The students want Sussex University to either pay Luqman's fees themselves or reduce them to the level of a home student: £3145 per year.
The students have formed the group "Let Luqman stay".
A statement under "Description says
Luqman is a fantastic and able student, not just in terms of his academic aptitude but also in terms of his contribution to student life on campus where he is the Black Students' Officer for the University of Sussex Students' Union. His activism at local and national level has inspired hundreds of fellow students and he is regarded to be one of the most active student activists in the country.
The University of Sussex is located across from Falmer Station in Brighton, and you can contact the group through the Facebook links posted.
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