Students protest

Protesters target a police van in Westminster, London Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA Students take to the streets in Brighton, East Sussex, to protest against proposed rises in tuition fees Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Students in Leeds stage a demonstration as part of a national campaign of protests against increased tuition fees and cuts in further education funding Photograph: Gabriel Szabo/Guzelian/Guzelian for the Guardian Students participate in a mass demonstration in London over government plans to reform education funding and raise tuition fees Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images A student in Bristol with a topical placard Photograph: Sam Frost for the Guardian Students march in protest in Glasgow, Scotland Photograph: David Moir/Reuters Students from Sussex Coast College take to the streets in Hastings Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA A policeman tackles a student protester in Cambridge University Photograph: Geoffrey Robinson/ Rex Features Students protest in Westminster, London, against planned increases in tuition fees and maintenance grant cuts Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA A demonstrator speaks to students occupying the grounds of Senate House at Cambridge University Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Protesters let off a smoke flare as thousands of students protest against tuition fees in Whitehall, London Photograph: Sang Tan/AP A student jumps over a fence to join other students occupying Oxford University's famous Radcliffe Camera Photograph: David Moir/Reuters Riot police stand by in Whitehall during the student protests in London Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Police hold protesters back during a demonstration over tuition fees and university funding in London Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Student demonstrators in Bristol throw a firework at police as part of their protest against the planned rise in tuition fees Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Students in London try to stop a police van from being attacked Photograph: Ray Tang/Jon Hordle/Rex Features Riot police and students clash in Whitehall Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian Police hold back protesters in London Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Students in Sheffield protest Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian A young boy from Bristol Grammar School pokes his head through the bushes to watch students from Bristol protest at the education fees and cuts Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Students in Bristol stage a demonstration as part of a national campaign of protests against increased tuition fees and cuts in further education funding Photograph: Sam Frost Police clash with students during a demonstration over tuition fee increases and university funding cuts in London Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images Students in Bristol stage a demonstration as part of a national campaign of protests against increased tuition fees and cuts in further education funding Photograph: Sam Frost Protesters stand on top of a bus stand as thousands of students protest against tuition fee increases in Whitehall Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP A student demonstrator is detained by police following a protest against the proposed rise in tuition fees in Bristol Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images Students pose for photographs in front of a vandalised police van during a demonstration over tuition fee increases and university funding cuts in London Photograph: Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images A student climbs over a fence to join her counterparts occupying the grounds of Senate House at Cambridge University Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters A couple keep warm in a telephone box in Whitehall during protests against planned increases in tuition fees and maintenance grant cuts Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Police detain demonstrators in Whitehall in central London following a student protest against government plans to raise tuition fees Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA Demonstrators set a bus shelter alight in Whitehall Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA