Budget Cuts Rankle U.K. Universities - JEANNE WHALEN, Wall Street Journal

In May, after Middlesex University in north London announced plans to close its philosophy department due to government budget cuts, students occupied the philosophy building for 12 days, unfurling a red-and-white banner that said "The University is a Factory! Strike! Occupy!" The protest, which ended after a court granted the university an injunction, prompted Middlesex to suspend several students and two professors. Noam Chomsky and other leading intellectuals have written letters of protest.