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We can’t get on campus This is something we hear a lot. Churches and faith based groups are often not given permission to officially meet on campus and are regularly faced with red tape and policies.  Sam in Manchester has faced this time and time again, but this hasn’t stopped the churches making a kingdom impact on campus.  “Year on year we haven’t been...

HELP, I need some ideas to get started!    This isn’t a how-to guide to invite a generation of students to try church but it’s a starting point if you need some ideas to get going and to spark your imagination. Prayer  Starting in prayer sounds almost too obvious to state, but it’s vital. This is a huge task and we need to be...

Gather round ladies and gentlemen, and prepare yourselves for my freshers week top tips! The first week of uni can be a whirlwind of fun, information, and new experiences, and it’s entirely possible that you’re excited to get going or dreading what might lay in store.  My prayer is that this post can make you genuinely excited about freshers week, and...

Trychurch - An invitation to a generation of students.  That’s an invitation to 2.3 million students in the UK.  Feeling a bit overwhelmed by that number? I am.  I'm also completely convinced that the stats need to change. I'm not satisfied with knowing that only ~0.7% of 2.3 million students are connected with a local church. While this can feel like a huge task...

As the new year looms on the horizon, those of us involved in student work will be planning how we can welcome and reach out to new students. It’s an exciting time - especially when new students who have never been to church rock up. But I often then fall into the trap of not following up how they have...

You have thought long and hard where you are going to uni, you have thought long and hard about what course you are studying. You have (If you’re anything like me) thought long and hard about what colour scheme you want in your new bedroom, and have curated photos and posters of all your mates and travels to go on...

It, in many ways, will be the best summer of your life. You’ve wrapped up A-Levels, and now you’ve got three months stretching out ahead of you before you head to university in September. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably thinking “It’s so far away, it’s basically not happening”. I remember feeling like we were indestructible traveling around Europe with...