Students attend a sit down demonstration as they are flanked by police blocking them in central Seoul May 29. Hundreds of university students attempted to march towards the presidential Blue House to demand South Korean President Lee Myung-bak fulfil his presidential election pledge to cut tuition fees by half. The police detained dozens of student protesters.

Demonstrators and police officers are surrounded by red smoke in Parliament Square, London, on December 9, 2010. Britain's parliament will vote on Thursday on plans to raise tuition fees for university students, an issue which has badly split one of the coalition parties and sparked violent protests in London.

Students march around Westminster protesting against planned increases in tuition fees and maintenance grant cuts on November 24, 2010 in London, United Kingdom.This is the second student day of action and a student march on the 10th November caused widespread damage to Millbank Tower and the Metropolitan police were accused of greatly underestimating the amount of demonstrators. There are plans to raise the student tuition fees in England to around £9,000 a year instead of the current £3,000.