Police are searching for a student who is accused of assaulting and racially abusing a member of staff at the Trailer of Life during the early hours of Tuesday morning.

At around 3.10am Piotr Duda of the Trailer of Life became embroiled in a dispute over change with a group of students. Duda alleges that one male student from the group became abusive, calling him as a "Polish c**t".

After returning the money to the student, Duda asked the group to leave. Roughly 15 minutes later, it is alleged that the student returned to the Trailer of Life with food from another outlet, jumped onto the counter and threw the food at Duda’s face before fleeing.

Duda pursued the student and caught him in time to have him identified by nearby CCTV cameras. Police are hoping to use this footage to identify the man.

Speaking to Varsity, Duda spoke of his disappointment at the incident. "This kind of thing, though it doesn’t happen very often, is very unpleasant and embarrassing."