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You've got your offer of a place, you've bought your duvet and saucepans, so how else do you prepare for university? School leavers have been busy choosing, revising and working to get their opportunity to go to university. For so many of us, we are incredibly fortunate to have university at reach, a reality, a rite of passage if you like....

Churches across the UK are starting to prepare for Freshers Week 2014! We thought it might be helpful to have a handy checklist as you get prepared for this exciting season.  These are the very basics and a few extra ideas - look out next week for 2 fundamental questions as you prepare for Freshers week.    The Basics Is your website up to...

We are very pleased to announce that we have recently appointed two new Fusion team members, Chloe (Fusion Developer Wales) & Ciara (Fusion Developer Scotland). Both Chloe & Ciara will be developing and implementing vision and strategy for Wales & Scotland to help establish a strong church-based student mission movement. Alongside their roles for Fusion both Chloe & Ciara also...

This week in the news a report has come out about university students using prescription drugs to try and improve their capacity to study. Nick-named “smart drugs” the kind of pills some students are popping are legitimately used to treat brain disorders. As you can imagine, health officials are not impressed. The side effects are scary and you can induce mental...

I'm so ready for a summer of linking thousands of students to churches as they transition to university. For years, Rich has been in eager anticipation of a platform capable of serving the vision of Global Student Linkup; that wherever a student goes to study in the world - there's a local church ready to welcome them. Two years ago we...

For finalists without a job lined up for September this can be a horrible time of year. Well-meaning friends and family members up and down the country will all be asking the same dreaded question “So what are your plans for next year?”  If you’re in this camp it’s easy to feel like a failure. The more that other people’s plans fall...

This summer we’ll be looking at preparing for freshers week and their first term in our Student Work Local gatherings. These gatherings are for church student workers and their teams so get inviting - all are welcome. The Student Work Locals below are subject to change, please contact Pippa for up to date information.  London: Thursday 24th April, 2 - 4pm, St...