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Miriam Swaffield, Fusion’s new Student Mission Developer, is 22 and has just graduated from the University of York after studying Writing, Directing and Performance. We wanted to take this opportunity to let Miriam share her heart for students and vision for loveyouruni... Student Mission I guess I don’t want to put a label on specific stuff I’ve done at Uni as ‘student...

Think of your phone. Imagine how you'd feel if I stole it and ran off, or if you left it on the bus never to be seen again.  With the riots happening right round the corner from my house, I did something new: I took to twitter to read as-it-happens updates from those who lived and worked in my town. Updates that...

Looking for a new challenge in the autumn? Moving to London for the first time? Have you heard of Mission Year, an exciting new Christian initiative that launched in 2010, resourcing local churches in deprived areas around London to make an impact in their community?     You can join a team while studying or in full or part time employment, or as a...

Next week, after four fantastic years, I’ll be leaving Fusion to start a new job. Consequently, this will be my last post on the Fusion blog! A lot has changed since me springing into the role of Student Mission Developer, in 2006, shortly after I finished my degree in Sports Science at Loughborough. The Fusion Blog itself was just a twinkling...

I read some interesting advice on healthy eating... fruit juice is fruit with some of the good bits whizzed out. With the fibre removed in the processing, our bodies don't get the opportunity to glean all the nutrients that would have been available if we had simply munched on an orange. So whilst fruit juice and big pricey cartons of Innocent...

It's likely that right this very moment, students all over the country are frantically ringing round family, mates (and random Facebook friends who's 'camping 2011' albums they've stumbled across) .... in an attempt to pull together tents, camping stoves, blow up mattresses and plastic cutlery. Festival season is upon us as thousands of Christians flock towards Soul Survivor, New Wine,...

Human cannonball acts are well known for being dangerous, but are not widely regarded as a safe method of transport. If your Aunty Edith needed to go shopping you wouldn’t suggest cannoning her down the high street. But now you are thinking about it, which is bad. Imagine being a human cannonball. The anticipation when you are inside the cannon, looking...