Mar 22nd 2011 -
Something happened that caused me to be rich beyond my wildest dreams. So rich I don’t have a clue about what to do with it. I am like the old bag lady you read about in the local paper. The one known for carting around piles of rubbish. The one who died leaving millions of pounds to shocked distant relatives -...
Mar 21st 2011 -
Chesterfield is the town with the wonky church spire. Until recently that is all I could have told you about the place. But I visited its bustling centre last week to chat to the church leaders about Student Linkup and my eyes were opened. It’s a great town with a thriving community. People who are called to a place, love it...
Mar 18th 2011 -
I took my girlfriend to her first ever football game this weekend. It was dire. Sheffield Wednesday vs Notts County- Wednesday lost 1-0 to a penalty. The rest of the game was just lobbing the ball from one end of the field to the other, with barely a chance on goal. I grew up a Wednesday fan, I remember watching...
Mar 17th 2011 -
You’ve probably read, heard or seen the news about the increase in tuition fees. Soon, universities will be able to charge up to £9,000 a year. Alongside this, the student loan payment system is being restructured. This morning on BBC breakfast, a number of accountancy firms modeled loan repayments based on three fictitious students. You can read the whole article here,...
Mar 16th 2011 -
What do a brothel, a graduate, a drug dealer and a family with a young baby have in common? ... check out recent graduate Owen Chamberlain's account of how to love your neighbour in the post-uni world... We read all the time in the Bible that we are meant to help our neighbours. However, if you’re anything like me, you get...
Mar 15th 2011 -
I remember summer journeys as a child. The car stuffed full of duvets, a weeks worth of food and the air full of that incessant question that drives every parent up the wall - ‘are we nearly there yet’. We would chase mirages on the French roads - those big pools of water in the distance that stretched across the melting tarmac....
Mar 14th 2011 -
Last week, over 50 students went out onto different campuses of the University of London to love their uni. Click below to see what happened! [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhB49ZuxQLs 300x200]
