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One of the key influences on a student coming to faith in Jesus today is the impact of a key Christian friend who shared their faith with them.* The students who had at least one Christian friend, found that friend to be a vital part of their journey to faith. Even though this might seem obvious, it's good hear about! You and I are...

The difficult thing about being a university student is that you’re never quite fully working and never quite fully resting. When you are having a night off from writing essays, there is definitely a book you could be reading. When the library is open 24-7, the pressure to stay because technically you can, makes it difficult to walk away guilt...

In my job as a student worker, when I talk to students about life at university, I describe the campus as “the green house of growing up”. There’s enough research out to confirm that these days young adults don’t fully develop our values, opinions and perspectives until much later in life. Our teenaged development gets stretched, we are still forming...

One of the top influences on a student coming to faith today is in the space they are given to ask questions.* In a time of life as a university student when you are being positively trained to investigate, debate, research and question all that you are learning, it is no surprise to discover that finding space to ask questions around...

After I left home for university, the first thing my mum said was that the house was much quieter. I couldn’t tell if she thought that was a positive or a negative thing. I think perhaps it was both. September brings season change, our knitted jumpers are coming back out and the heating is being turned on. For thousands of parents...

Today could be the day for a new opportunity. You might meet somebody for the first time, hear something that changes your mind, you might start a new book, finally get around to signing up to that online course, or join that gym class you’ve been putting off. There are plenty of opportunities to be found in our ordinary, if...

So you're off to uni. It's exciting, everyone is asking how you're feeling and you already know you've got waaaaay too much to fit in the car. There are a lot of unknowns and things you're wondering about, so here are 9 things I wish I'd known before going to university! 1. You (probably) won’t find your best friends in your...