Having a network of ‘hubs’ is a characteristic shared by both Student Hubs and Hubbub, a new environmental charity. Set up by Trewin Restorick, Student...
Stepping up for social change: our pledge to you
This week marks the one year anniversary launch of Step Up To Serve, the Cabinet Office initiative patronised by HRH the Prince of Wales and...
The Locality Convention: how can we engage more students with their local communities?
The Locality Annual Convention brought together over 600 people who are working across communities to drive positive social change. With students often being considered a...
One Young World: our power to make change happen
A few weeks ago I headed off to Dublin to represent the Student Hubs network at the One Young World 2014 Summit. One Young World is...
History lessons that will inspire the future of our sector
Today, we are proud to be sponsoring the launch of a new study into the history of our sector: Dr. Georgina Brewis’ century-spanning A Social...
Tell us your social action story!
Wednesday 29th October will see the launch of a landmark study into the history of student social action. A Social History of Student Volunteering: Britain...
Oxford Hub win Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
“The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their...
How I came to work at Student Minds
I had all sorts of dreams when I was younger – I was variously going to be a baker, an interior designer, a ballet dancer,...
10 top tips for your third-sector interview
Those of us who work in the third sector – which is as diverse and diffuse as any other sector – are united by a...
SVW 2014: My social action journey
Volunteering was something I just kind of fell in to. It sounds ridiculous when I think about it, seeing as I now support student social...
SVW 2014: The power of student volunteering
At Student Hubs, we meet so many students who want to have a positive impact in the world – or, as we have short-handed it,...
Step Up To Serve launch
Today sees the launch of the Step Up To Serve initiative – a government programme with the mission to double the number of young people...
My Ethical Internship Experience
While I’ve long been certain that I want to pursue a career that makes a positive impact on society, if you’d asked me back in...
SVW 2013: Celebrating student volunteers
For many people, student volunteering has become a concept consigned to earlier decades of revolution, free love and CND marches. But the causes, campaigns, projects...
Doing business the sustainable way
I work in tourism and I set up social enterprises in all the countries where I send clients. It’s a principle embedded in my company...
What’s it all about?
Last week we celebrated the fifth birthday of our oldest university branch, the Oxford Hub. There was much to celebrate – in its modest history...
