Around half a dozen students were said to have taken over a building and began "chanting out the window" at the university's East Writing School on Oxford high street.People arriving to take a chemistry exam in the building on Thursday morning were instead faced with protesters draping a flag out the window.One student told Cherwell, an Oxford student newspaper, that the group stayed in the building overnight.
Students were told to expect "minor delays", with exams in the East School cancelled.A spokesperson from the University of Oxford said: “The University is disappointed with this morning’s occupation of the Exam Schools and the absolutely unacceptable disruption caused to our students. "We are putting into place contingency plans to ensure all students will have the opportunity to sit their examinations with as little disruption as possible.
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