There has been an issue with the SolidWorks database which may have affected your personal student copies of SolidWorks.
Attempting to run the software after 1st January 2014 may have given you the following error:
The solution to this is supplied via a hotfix available to download from the SolidWorks forum article shown below:
Please follow the instructions in the link to install the hotfix which should make SolidWorks operational again.
Thanks
Adam Hartles
Training Manager