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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...

Exam season is looming - many students, whether first years or finalists, are starting to hollow out their hibernating spot amongst the clothes, laptops, books and pot noodle debris from which they’ll not emerge until exam season ends.  This can be a frustrating time. As a student worker you’ve built great relationships and seen great stuff happen and now comes the...

What gifts has God given you, given to your church, right now, to bless it, grow it in unity and maturity and knowledge of Jesus?  More specifically, who are those gifts?  Once you have them, how do you encourage a prophet to go for it? How do we spot evangelists if they prefer to be outside church meetings?  Should students teach...

Fairtrade is brilliant. It gives me loads of satisfaction to be able to buy a product from a shop and know that the money I've spent is going to the right places. Through Fairtrade certification, workers who have been part of production are paid fairly for the work they've done and the money is distributed to benefit local communities as a...

“What do you want to do with your life?” This dreaded question is causing a lot of sleepless nights for my student and recent grad friends. So many of us don’t know what happens after the degree and irritatingly, the answers don’t come in neon signs even if we know Jesus. I try to help but after all my questions of “what...

Last week a university friend asked me, two years on, how I found those precious university years because, he said, ‘you sort of did your own thing’. Accurately put. You could even say that I followed my own grade based obsession. I wonder if you can relate to my experience. With increasing numbers of people getting degrees, less graduate-level jobs about...