The phrase "a wave of student protests" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a large and sudden increase in student protests occurring simultaneously or in a short period.
Example: "The university administration was taken aback by a wave of student protests demanding better mental health resources on campus."
Alternatives: "a surge of student protests" or "a tide of student protests."
A wave of student protests in 2013 against the privatisation of university services led to the suspension of the students.
Iran's Islamic authorities have kept universities under close surveillance since a wave of student protests demanding greater freedom in 1999.
The strike followed a wave of student protests against the centre-right government of Sebastián Piñera, but it failed to attract widespread backing.
But instead, it first triggered widespread anger on social media and then led to a wave of student protests.
American colleges such as Yale University and The University of Missouri aren't the only ones experiencing a wave of student protests against institutional racism.
Total tuition fee cost: $23,600 £15,5544) % of salary spent on tuition fees: 73% A massive wave of student protests between 2011-2013 – dubbed the "Chilean Winter" — tried to end the existence of for-profit higher education institutions as poorer families are unable to afford to send their kids to university.
As someone who served as one of the first vice presidents for diversity at a multi-campus institution of higher education, I am not surprised by the recent wave of student protests on campuses across the country and student leadership in the Black Lives Matter movement.
The first wave of student protests against the coalition was met with police batons and kettles, a form of state repression condemned by the UN as "detrimental to the exercise of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly".
9.10am: If the government – and particularly its Liberal Democrats members – hoped the wave of student protests over higher tuition fees and wider education cuts would fizzle out the moment the weather turned a bit parky they've had a rude surprise.
The peace movement -- students here and around the nation are reluctant even to use the word "antiwar" -- has benefited from the wave of student protests that culminated in the antiglobalization demonstrations in Seattle and Genoa, Italy, and student sit-ins for higher wages for Harvard's lowest-paid workers.
This was, at the time, a delicate post, as Italian universities were at the centre of an unparalleled wave of student protest and Scalfaro had been one of the few vociferous supporters of US intervention in Vietnam.
