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“The decisions are made by the people that show up!” Josiah Bartlett, the fictitious US President in The West Wing TV series, will no doubt be proved right once again on May 7th 2015. There seems little need to rehearse stories of voter dissatisfaction here. More than half of young adults stayed away from the General Election in 2010 and hundreds...

Brian Heasley is the National Director of 24-7 Prayer in Great Britain and previously pioneered their work in Ibiza. He talks prayer – answered, unanswered and with unusual prayer partners – with Caroline Harmon. Why should we prioritise prayer? The priority has always been Jesus and being disciples of Jesus. To be an effective disciple I need a relationship with him, I...

The time has come. You’ve finalised your UCAS application and written your ‘to buy’ list which includes stuff that you've never had to worry about before like pots and pans and doorstops. The realisation is slowly sinking in that you are going to university. What an adventure! Its full to the bring with possibility and opportunity. Now is the time to start...

From the very beginning of time music and words together have been shaping cultures and individuals. Music moves the heart: words inform the mind.  It is no surprise, therefore, that the singing of psalms and scripture and then later hymns and songs inspired by scripture, has been a feature of church life from the very beginning. Louis F Benson, an American...

At a student work local last week, we were chatting about the highs and lows of student work. All the good and exciting stuff, but also a lot of the time, the frustrations, the let downs and the difficult conversations. Student work isn’t always easy, in fact a lot of the time it can be incredibly frustrating, but I was really encouraged...

2014 was a brilliant year for Student Linkup. Here is a little look back to a few of our highlights and best bits.  - 92% of students who used Student Linkup found and stuck with a church at uni (We have now linked up well over 20,000 students since Student Linkup launched)  - The Student Linkup app was released  - Student Linkup Sunday ran...

A few years ago I watched the London fireworks. Not on tv, not from a distance and certainly not from a warm house overlooking London. I watched them up close and personal. I was stood directly opposite the London eye for 5 hours in the absolute freezing cold waiting for midnight. When midnight came the atmosphere was electric and the fireworks were...