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In May 1998 students at the University of East London found out that management were going to close departments based on the profit they generated. A university without maths or language departments was the future they wanted for us, and who knows which subject areas were next for the chop.

This resulted in a UELSU emergency meeting with hundreds of students and management. The answers given by Frank Gould and his fellow axemen only served to increase fears, they were escorted from the meeting and a vote was taken. Unanimous, the students would occupy the George Brooker building. For the next 15 days, and part way through also taking control of the main 'A' block students and some lecturers (under threat of being fired) continued to run classes and exams in the occupied buildings.