Love your uni tour
Fusion’s student mission director, Miriam Swaffield, has set off on a two-year road trip to visit every university in the UK. The tour is aimed at encouraging the Church, sharing the gospel with non-Christian students, and creating community. Miriam said: ‘I hope students see through the commitment of the road trip just how committed Jesus is to seeing this generation come home.’
Rachel Gardner joins Girls’ Brigade
The Girls’ Brigade (GB) of England and Wales has appointed founder of Romance Academy, Rachel Gardner, as its new president. The author, speaker and youth worker was elected at the GB’s national meeting in November. Gardner said: ‘GB offers girls a robust vision of life in all its fullness and equips them to meet the challenges of life and faith head on.’
Creative collisions conference
The one-day ‘Creative Collisions’ conference saw over 500 delegates gather from both secular and faith-based youth work organisations. The event, aimed at creating momentum and change in youth work, was addressed by government and shadow ministers. Shadow civil society minister Lisa Nandy MP said, ‘Youth work has never been more important but equally has never been more under pressure.’
No lowering of the age of consent
David Cameron has rejected calls to lower the age of consent to 15. Professor John Ashton, Faculty of public health president, suggested that the move would allow more young people to access NHS sexual health advice. Ashton said that society needs to accept that a third of teenagers were having sex aged 14 or 15.
Recession made teens less materialistic
A study on American teenagers by the University of California, Los Angeles, has revealed that teenagers place less importance on owning expensive items than a decade ago. It also shows that a higher proportion of teenagers believe it is important to have a job that is ‘worthwhile to society.’ The report suggests that these changes have been influenced by the ongoing economic recession.
