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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,...

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...