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This year at the Student Work Conference we had exclusive content from Prof. N.T Wright. He spoke about history, scripture and God's story as a single sweeping narrative. This consistent story is one in which we are invited to play our part, but in order to do this we need to be soaked in scripture. Here are the three videos...

I’m not sure many people know the full story of what happened to me on results day. My school friends and A-level teachers might remember. But since thousands of school leavers just got their exam results and the gravity of whatever those UCAS points might mean is sinking in, I thought I’d share a bit of my story, in case...

Throughout history students have spoken up and worked to see God’s Kingdom come in their friendships, communities and the world. Everything God gives us is to be used to glorify God and be a blessing to others.  What or who springs to mind when you hear the word legacy?  When we hear the word legacy we often thing of people like Nelson Mandela...

Over the last few years Matt Ward, a chaplain at Leeds University, has been doing research looking at how students who had been part of churches while they were at university found new churches after they graduated. Here are his top five tips for finding a new church to belong to when you graduate.  1. Make finding a church part of...

Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day, In our time make them known. [Habakkuk 3] When the angel opens the seventh seal - the prayers of God’s people - there is silence in heaven… Jesus implores us to pray with faith, ‘Will not God do justice to his chosen ones,...

At the time of writing it will have been 8 weeks since the UK decided to “Brexit” and leave the European Union. I was fortunate enough to be away from the UK on my honeymoon, and thankfully avoided the TV pundits prophesying impending doom and gloom on the nation. I did, however manage to observe people’s reactions from a distance...

'Quidditch society... is that even a thing?’ ‘Yup… we even had the Taylor Swift appreciation society.' The choices you make a university will lay foundations for the rest of your life. This is your time to make the most of the opportunities that you’re faced with and discover what it means to have God alongside you throughout all of it. The decisions...