Student Protest Pictures: Striking Photos From Tuition Fees Demonstration

Huffington Post UK     First Posted: 09/11/11 17:53 GMT   Updated: 09/11/11 17:53 GMT

Thousands of students and activists have marched through central London have joined forces to protest against rising tuition fees.

More than 4,000 officers have been put on duty to guard the streets: the largest number of police on the streets since August's riots.

Uniting with Occupy London Stock Exchange (LSX) protesters in Trafalgar Square, pictures show the marching protesters clashing with authority, the demonstrators' route bordering closely with tightly controlled police lines.

Hastily erected tents were just as quickly cleared by anticipating police in Trafalgar square, as young people climbed on statues and swarmed the area.

Forces patrolled the streets on mounted guard, while the sheer energy of the protesters could be felt walking along the streets of London. Creative marchers made their feelings known through acerbic costumes, one dressed as a bloodied butcher with a Nick Clegg mask on.

Scotland Yard has estimated that 2,000 protesters took part in the march, while the organisers of the protest put the figure closer to 10,000.

Demonstrators in the Square were chanting "no democracy, no peace" and handing out copies of the newspaper - "one year on students march again".

Take a look at some of the most striking pictures below.

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Thousands of students and activists have marched through central London have joined forces to protest against rising tuition fees. More than 4,000 officers have been put on duty to guard the street...
Thousands of students and activists have marched through central London have joined forces to protest against rising tuition fees. More than 4,000 officers have been put on duty to guard the street...
 
 
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06:19 PM on 11/12/2011
Are these the cream of the crop. God help our future if they are, or are they watered down buy the also-rans shoehorned into uni buy the labour governments manipulation of the young unemployed. I did not go to uni and am doing alright for myself thank you. My point is, Why should I and anyone else that does'nt go to uni for whatever reason pay for graduates education fees. Should a hospital porter or school dinner lady have some student come along on payday and take 10-15 or 20 quid out of their pay packet and say ill take that to pay for my education. The benefits of higher education are obvious, but as the jobs available to them come with higher earnings then its only fair to finance them. They don't seem to understand that ifthey choose not to use their talent and choose a job with lower pay, thus wasting the money spent, then they will not pay back a penny and the money fees will be paid by taxpayers. So they have a choice, take the "free" education and not use it, or take the education and pay it back when they earn vast amounts of money. I realy don't see anything to complain about. I have three children and it dose not worry me. As its very fair on the student and the tax payer. It boils down tofeeling agreaved that they have just missed out on a benefit that their parents had.