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The Czech Republic is set to ban a communist youth organisation. The group, a youth wing of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia has been asked to abandon its ideology of revolutionary Marxism.
Riots have gripped the suburbs of France for last few weeks. Violence between police and rioters has reached dramatic levels and the French government has been in crisis. Pierre Maarek provides a view on the disturbances from France.
Student protestors from across Iran's capital took the streets last night to vent their anger against Britain.
The University of Stanford, USA, is to divest in companies involved with Sudan's oil trade. The move is in protest against Sudenese government policy in the Darfur region.
Students at Princeton University have been holding a mock filibuster. The Republican caucus in the Senate have been discusisng the possibility of abolishing the centuries old right that allows lawmakers to speak for as long as they want, providing they do not relinquish the floor.
Agents of the Nepalese government have beaten a student leader in the nation's capital, Kathmandu, in another set back for the country's civil rights progress.
Members of the Texas state legislature are attempting to ban sexually provocative cheerleading. This week a law to regulate the sexual content of cheerleading routines was passed by the lower house of the Texas legislature.
Burmese students imprisoned by the country's ruling military junta for organising demonstrations against the government are in ill health according to the All Burma Federation of Student Unions.
New Pope brings hope for Catholics and the world alike
The Japanese Education Minister has suggested that school textbooks could be altered to claim a disputed island chain for Japan.
Following the death of first year student last year the University of Oklahoma has outlawed alcohol on campus.
Students at the University of Ghent in Brussels are attempting to ban a left-wing student group from the campus.
Texas takes on Cheerleaders
Plans are afoot in Texas to ban sexually provocative cheerleading. The state legislature will vote on a bill proposing a clampdown this Friday according to AP reports.
Canadian students have taken to the streets in a march for free education.
Venezuela is to host the 16th World Festival of Students and Youth in August in a snub to the United States.
An American student has auctioned off space on his forehead on eBay to help pay his college fees.
Collapse in applications to study in US
The number of students applying to study in the United States has fallen dramatically in the last year, the Guardian reports. Applications have dropped by 28%, while total enrolment of foreign students fell for the first time in three decades.
At the same time the number of students applying to study in competitor countries, like the UK, is on the increase. It is thought that the difficulties in getting visas to study in the US are to blame, along with tougher competition from other countries.
More action against US student 'song swappers'
The RIAA, the organisation that represents the US recording industry, has brought copyright infringement lawsuits against another 25 students on 13 different university campuses across America. The action comes as part of its continuing attacks on illegal internet song swappers. Over 6,000 have been targeted since September last year; 1,207 settled out of court with penalties averaging £1,635.
Students in America now pay average fees of $5,000 (£2,730), an annual survey has revealed. Compared to students in the UK who will be facing fees of £3,000 from 2006 it seems to be pretty even, until grants and tax breaks are taken into account – that brings the price down to just £984.