Students are more open to reading the Bible than ever. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime for the Church

Students are one of the UK’s biggest and most influential people groups – and new research shows that, far from being hostile to Christianity, a third would read the Bible with a friend, and a quarter find scripture personally helpful. If Christians believe the gospel changes lives, it’s time to step up and help them access it

When a swathe of young people move across the country to start university each Autumn, it is the biggest annual migration of people in the UK. They go north to south, east to west, home to halls and, as they move, the landscape moves with them.

Cities swell to accommodate them and businesses boom because of them. Think of any successful start-up or scientific advance, artistic or cultural triumph. Chances are, it was started by a student. Students are more than a label, category or 20 per cent discount at the supermarket. They are ground shakers, rule breakers and culture makers. They contain a pent up energy that is often a catalyst for change. And in this country, there are 2.4 million of them. Students are one of the UK’s biggest people groups.