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We’re very excited about the new iPhone & Android mobile apps which are already clearly linking student to church in a much more effective way. Students don’t have to have an iPhone or Android to use Student Linkup, they can also linkup via the website. Student workers don’t need the app to communicate with students – this is all done...

Emily Duff is from Portsmouth and has just finished her first year of English Literature and Linguistics.  The time last year I was preparing to head to uni as a fresher. I felt really anxious.  Not so much about moving away but about what uni would mean for my faith. I have a tendency to allow chaos and excitement to pull me away from...

I recently heard a compelling presentation by Rich Wilson of recent research into student time and university experience.  The research showed that with work pressure and part-time jobs students have less and less social time on their hands (look out for a white paper on student time coming soon).  How are we responding to this new challenge as a church? Students...

Of all the reactions to have, I didn’t expect the feeling of injustice that crept up on me as I watched the first episode. I knew Channel 4’s new observational documentary The Secret Life Of Students was going to be explicit and deliberately edited to highlight drama and ramp-up the shock-factor. We all know the kind of programme we are...

Drinking games at uni is a reality. You will encounter it. The question is, how do we engage? It’s helpful to think about how much and what you will drink when at pre-drinks, nights out and drinking games before you are thrust into the middle of it. The bible teaches, ‘Don't copy the behaviour and customs of this world, but let God...

Can we have 10 minutes of your time? On 14th September 2014 churches up and down the UK are joining together to pray for their school leavers and commission them to live life rooted in Jesus at university. Historically, young people don’t get fully prepared for the transition between school and university. Student Linkup Sunday can change that. Take time to...

There was the sound of wood creaking as I shifted uncomfortably in my seat in the old coffee shop. The student friend sitting opposite me held the silence that had stepped into the conversation the moment she had asked the question. Now it hung in the air, the biggest question-mark of her life. We both took another sip of coffee,...