Thousands of students and lecturers up and down the country are expected to take to the streets to demonstrate against the Government's proposals to treble university tuition fees.
The day of action comes ahead of bigger planned protests on Thursday as MPs gear up for a controversial vote on plans to charge students up to £9,000 per year in fees.
The National Union of Students and the University and College Union said peaceful protests will be held at universities nationwide.
There will be a city centre protest in Birmingham and a mass Christmas card and letter writing session in Bournemouth, with students marching to the sorting office to deliver their letters.
Students in Bristol will hold a candlelit procession through the city centre, while those in Plymouth will also hold a candlelit vigil.
In Coventry there will be a walkout and marches are planned in Exeter, Warwick and Gloucestershire. Cambridge and Brighton will also hold protests.
Demonstrations will take place in Worcester and Staffordshire, with an all-night sit-up of debates and discussion in Wolverhampton, plus an "unfair fun fair" in Sheffield.
In London, students at King's College will hold an animal fancy dress petition gathering, with a planned protest outside the office of Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone.
There will be a mass lobby of MPs on the day of the vote, followed by a march through London and afternoon rally in Westminster.
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A candlelit vigil will be held at Victoria Embankment on Thursday evening with 9,000 candles representing the potential new fee level. Occupations and sit-ins are already taking place at universities including Bradford, Leeds and University College London.
