We shared ‘Our Impact So Far’ on the blog back in December. If you missed it, here are the headlines: – 862 students volunteering with...
Skilling up for Student Volunteering Week 2016
Earlier this month, the Student Volunteering Week (SVW) team went on the road to deliver SVW Bootcamps in four cities around the country — London,...
10 More Songs to Make Social Change to
It’s been almost three years since I published my top ten songs to make social change to – where did the time go?! I think...
Supporting youth social action during #iwill week and beyond
Student Hubs is currently celebrating #iwill week, marking the 2nd anniversary of the #iwill campaign for youth social action, coordinated by Step Up To Serve....
Trustees’ Week 2015: Advice for Students and Young People
Here in the UK, it’s currently Trustees’ Week – the sixth annual celebration of trusteeship. Trustees’ Week aims to highlight the great work that trustees...
What is ‘The Student Experience’?
In his article, Peter Scott bemoans the move from universities providing an academic education to universities providing students with an ‘experience’. The trends he highlights:...
Creating impact 2014-15
I am delighted to be writing this blog to launch our 2014-15 Impact Report. As we prepare to launch our freshers campaign for 2015, we...
Parliamentary Launch of ‘Service Nation 2020’ Demos Report
On Monday afternoon, I attended the launch of the new Demos report ‘Service Nation 2020’, hosted by the Minister for Civil Society, Rob Wilson MP...
#iwill, will you?
We’re sharing our pledge of support to #iwill, the national campaign promoting youth social action
Harnessing the power of video on a shoe-string budget
Video naturally appeals to the human brain. Viewers retain 95% of a message when they watch it in a video compared to 10% when reading...
The future of social action in universities: what can we learn from student leaders?
Generation selfie is dead; long live the millennials. A ‘values revolution’ is being driven by young people who value purpose over pay cheque. Then again,...
Student Volunteering Week: what is the future of student social action?
It’s that time of year again: Student Volunteering Week is upon us. Of course, at Student Hubs the planning started 11 months ago; in partnership...
Six steps to great social action
We’re still following the #iwill six quality principles across our programmes from Schools Plus to Engage for Change to Service Learning. Find out more about...
The Practice of Change
By now we are all familiar with the term ‘theory of change’—the idea that charities and social enterprises should have a theory behind their work....
Alternatives to internships (yes, they do exist!)
It’s that time of year again, everyone is looking around for internships, summer placements and graduate schemes to which they can apply. At Student Hubs,...
A day in the life: lessons learnt between government and not-for-profit
I’m James, a Delivery Manager for Government Digital Service (GDS) which is part of Cabinet Office I recently had the privilege of shadowing Rachel Tait...
