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Ian, a student worker in Norwich, shares his freshers week brainwave and the message they’ll be sharing with those arriving this September… With the arrival of freshers fast approaching the team and I started to consider the message we wanted to share with those about to arrive in our city.  Whilst browsing through the internet we stumbled across a brilliant quote from Mark...

If you’re about to start university, then you won’t remember Billy Joel’s classic “We didn’t start the fire”. But 80’s is so retro right now so watch it!  The lyrics contain headlines from 1949-1989 and the chorus is: We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning For me it captures the following simple truths that students need grasp about...

Here is a quick run down of a few places I have visited on the Loveyouruni Road Trip this year. I've picked up some random bits of information they won't tell you in the prospectuses. Hope it's useful, or amusing.  Bath may be 20 minutes from another awesome student city, Bristol, but you won’t catch any mingling between the two. Bath...

Summer holidays as a student are great. They’re long, fun and mostly little to do, (unless you actually do the reading list set for next term!) Often, with the lack of structure or usual rhythms of life in place we can forget about those all-important habits. With longer lie-ins and different schedules in the day, stuff like reading the bible can...

We chatted to Mike Pilavachi about Student Linkup, this is what he said. Join with Mike and Linkup now to a church in your university.  Linkup Now Here   Linkup Now Here #LinkupNow #SoulSurvivor14   Rosie is the Student Linkup Campaigns Manager for Fusion. Get in touch with her for preparation for university ideas or with Student Linkup queries.                rosie@fusion.uk.com      ...

I recently visited a FiveGuys restaurant. One of the novelties is a machine that mixes your soft drinks. I have no idea why! At the front of the increasingly irritated queue was a teenaged girl creating a concoction of about 53 soft drinks. I'm sure it was delicious to the trained pallet. It struck me that this is reflective of student culture....

Scotland, the country that has stolen my heart. Why wouldn't you want to live in a land where the men wear skirts, tossing massive tree trunks whilst yelling freedom. The comments about the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony summed up everything it is to be Scottish; we love questions. Why it was too long, too cheesy, too much music, not enough music,...