Blog: Students

The 2011/12 Christian Aid Youth Volunteer Internship Scheme (formerly the Gap Year) is now open to applications! We feel we have one of the best developmental internships in the sector – there’s no fees to pay up front, subsistence is paid during the placement including accommodation, bills, travel and reimbursement of food and the volunteers will get the opportunity to visit...

Amidst the controversy of tuition fees, half a million young people will start university this autumn. If you are one of those people, you are entering the best time of your life. If you are one of those people and you know Jesus, you are entering the best time of your life and you have a chance to affect the lives...

Why do we love things tied up in bows? I’m not talking about presents wrapped in shiny paper and tied in sumptuous bows (although I do love them), i’m talking about life. Maybe it’s just me, so I’ll make this personal. Life is messy right? The t’s aren’t always crossed, and the i’s most certainly aren’t always dotted.  I am an organised girl – I file away...

I am very good at judging people. I am an expert. Simply by looking at someone, I can discern that they are arrogant, up themselves, fat, a no hoper, a no brainer or just a nobody. Perhaps you are good at judging in this way too.  But it is fake isn’t it? It is not real judgement. True judgement involves true...

Discussions and challenges to help you see people as Jesus does, seeking justice and peace In a competitive consumerist world, where what you have seems to matter more than who you are, where social networking replaces face-to-face relationships and where few of us even meet our neighbours – let alone know them.     The Just lyfe expresses themes of justice, compassion and peace...

Last Tuesday night hundreds of people, led by students,  descended on Parliament Square to pray for our government and the world. Pat Allerton, the visionary behind the event, fills us in.     "Thank you for all your support and prayers for ‘7:14 – Parliament Square Prayer’. We had an extraordinary time on Tuesday night, with hundreds of people coming together...

Miriam Swaffield, third year student from G2, part of St. Michael Le Belfrey Church in York gives us the low down on the amazing Student Alpha course they ran this term! Read on and be inspired...       “Unashamedly messy”. I think that’s how I’d describe our first attempt at a church-wide Student Alpha. Turns out it’s a very different ball-game putting...