Next year the university is putting on-campus rent up by 4% - meaning students living in halls could pay up to an extra £249 a year.

This decision comes hot on the heels of wide-ranging spending cuts across the university, including a reduction in the annual block grant paid to the union to provide services to students.

With cost of living going up and university spending going down, the message to you is clear: Pay more, get less.

That extra £249 might not sound like a lot of money, but look at it this way - it adds up to:

• 249 kilograms of pasta
• Return flights to Egypt
• 921 toilet rolls
• 148 packets of chicken super noodles
• 7,113 bin liners
• 249 cheeseburgers
• 148 VKs at The Sugarhouse
• 44 hours at work (for those on the 18-20 minimum wage)

We don’t think this is good enough, DO YOU? Join us in our campaign and sign this petition against these excessive rent increases.

What can you do to help?

1. Sign the petition
2. Send the Vice-Chancellor a direct email using our pre-written template
3. Tweet the Vice-Chancellor @VCMarkESmith directly with the hashtag #PayMoreGetLess with the reasons why you think the rent increase is unacceptable