autumn university conference

Cefn Lea, Wales

6-8 November 2026

The Will of God—Our Sanctification

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Registration Info

Subject: To be announced

Dates: 6 – 8 November 2026 (Friday – Sunday)

Location: Cefn Lea, Newtown, Wales SY16 4AJ (https://maps.app.goo.gl/5n8ec5BNhZ3qeTKb9)

Registration Deadline: 18 October 2026 (Sunday)

Registration Fee: £110, including full board and accommodation (excluding linens and towels, which are available for hiring on the registration form), and a conference handbook. A late fee of £5 will be added after the 18 October deadline, subject to capacity. The registration fee is the same for full-time, part-time, and day visitors.

Cancellation and Refund Policy: Our policy is that there are no refunds after the registration deadline. We understand that sometimes unavoidable conflicts arise. If this is your situation, and you wish to submit a refund request, please email events@unistudents.eu. We cannot guarantee any refund request, but we will decide on refunds on a case-by-case basis.

Registration will open soon.

Coach from London: £50 return from Newbury Park station, departing 11.15am on Friday, 3 November. Seats are available on a first come, first served basis. Register and pay (coach deadline: Lord’s day, 22 October 2023).

“For this is the will of God, your sanctification.”

-1 Thessalonians 4:3a

Conference Venue

This year the conference will be in Wales at a conference centre called Cefn Lea.

It is near the town of Newtown, which is where you would arrive if traveling by train.  There will be shuttles from Newtown to Cefn Lea, with a one-way trip lasting approximately 15 minutes.

Travel

Coming from outside the UK

The nearest airport to Cefn Lea is Birmingham Airport. Once you arrive, you can take an Air-Rail to Birmingham International train station, which is across from the airport, and take a direct train from there to Newtown, where the shuttle service to Cefn Lea will be operating.

You can also fly into Manchester or Cardiff. Both have train services that can get you to Newtown with one change.

You can also fly into any of the London airports, but then you will need to transfer to either Milton Keynes (London Luton), Reading (Heathrow and Gatwick), or London Euston (Stansted and London City) to get a train, which will get you to Newtown, usually via Birmingham or  Wolverhampton. This will involve multiple transfers.

All train tickets can be easily booked via Trainline, an app commonly used here in the UK for train travel.

The train from Birmingham International is approximately 2 hours (direct). The trains from Manchester and Cardiff are generally under 3 hours (one transfer), and all the trains from London are generally over 5 hours (with multiple transfers).

Coming from within the UK

We recommend you either drive or take the train if you are coming from any other part of the UK.

Shuttles

We recommend you try to time your arrival to Newtown sometime between 4 and 6:30 PM on Friday, 6 November.  

If you are arriving before or after the time window mentioned above, please contact us at events@unistudents.eu so we can ensure you will have a shuttle. Shuttles will be provided up until 9 PM on Friday, 6 November.

There will also be shuttles back to Newtown at the conclusion of the conference.  We recommend that you book all your train departures after 1:30 PM on Sunday, 8 November. 

A sign-up sheet for arrival and departure shuttles will be made available closer to the conference. If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at events@unistudents.eu.

“Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.”

-John 17:17

MORE INFORMATION

Who this Conference is For

  • University students and those of university age;
  • Students in vocational programmes;
  • Recent university graduates;
  • Secondary school students in their final year; and
  • Those who would like to serve with this age group.

General Conference Schedule

A more detailed schedule will be provided closer to the time of the conference. Here is a brief sketch:

  • Registration opens at 4:30 PM on Friday afternoon, 6 November;
  • Dinner starts on Friday at 5:30 PM, lasting until 7:30 PM; if you need us to save dinner for you, please email events@unistudents.eu;
  • The first session of the conference begins at 7:30 PM on Friday; and
  • The final session of the conference will conclude at approximately 1 PM on Sunday, 8 November.

Linen

Cefn Lea provides every conference attendee duvets and pillows.

Towels, sheets, duvet covers, and pillowcases are not provided.  You are welcome to bring your own linen, or sleeping bag, and towel. Or, you can hire linen for £10 per pack (a bed sheet, pillowcase, and duvet cover) and towels for an additional £3 per towel.

If you need to hire linens and / or towels, you can reserve and pay for them on the registration form.

Dietary Restrictions

Please let us know on the registration form concerning any doctor-certified allergies or dietary restrictions you may have.

What to Bring

  • Clothing appropriate for the meetings of the conference, bearing in mind it will be November and so the weather can get chilly;
  • Recreational clothes and footwear you can get dirty in as the weather is hard to predict; 
  • A towel;
  • Linens (bed sheet, pillowcase, and duvet cover) or sleeping bags;
  • Toiletries;
  • An umbrella;
  • A Bible (if you have one);
  • Pen/pencil or some means of taking notes;
  • A water bottle; and
  • A Bible (if you have one).

If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at events@unistudents.eu.

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