Student protests

Economist Joseph Stiglitz tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why more government intervention is desirable, whether campus protests in the US are going “over the line” and why stalling living standards “create a fertile field” for demagogues like Donald Trump, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.

As students meet on a national day of action to get #CopsOffCampus, Channel 4 News looks at the increasing anger over campus policing.

Thousands of students from across the UK meet in central London for a national day of protest, after police made 41 arrests during a student demonstration last week.

Students in the UK are demonstrating against university guidelines allegedly backing gender segregation. Channel 4 News looks at what sparked the debate in the UK’s biggest universities.

Students protesting in an area at the centre of London’s student district could be imprisoned or fined, after the University of London obtains a court order banning protests on campus for six months.

The Metropolitan Police are accused of “brutality” by students after 100 officers storm a London university to clear a protest occupation.

The last of the trials of students involved in the 2010 violent protests has ended with the acquittal of Alifie Meadows, whose skull was fractured by a police baton during the demonstration.

Violence grows in Syria’s capital Damascus as rebels forces have made gains in the city’s outskirts. It has prompted questions whether the war is reaching a turning point. Jonathan Rugman reports.

Anti-Japanese protesters protest in Chinese cities after activists unfurled Japanese flags on a disputed island in the East China Sea claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing.

On the eve of Bahrain’s Formula One Grand Prix race, opposition party blames riot police for protester’s death.

Plans to penalise those who pay off student loans early seem likely to be ditched. But would it be wise to try and pay the government back before you need to ?

We’ve been asking you who changed your world in 2011. With the Arab Spring, the “Occupy” movement and social media dominating – was it the year of crowd power?

Get the latest from the Channel 4 News team on the ground at the student protests in London.

Thousands of electricians march between London building sites to protest against changes to pay and conditions that one worker tells Channel 4 News are being introduced vindictively.

Thousands of officers on duty in central London in a bid to keep the streets calm as protesters march against the goverment’s plans for higher education.