About UKCISA

The UK Council for International Student Affairs (UKCISA) is the UK’s national advisory body serving the interests of international students and those who work with them.

Our purpose

To promote and facilitate international student mobility, to and from the UK, to help students (and others involved in international education) develop a global perspective and to contribute to human development, political stability, economic prosperity and greater intercultural understanding.

Our aims

• To increase support for international education and raise awareness of its values and benefits
• To promote opportunities for - and identify and work to reduce obstacles and barriers to - greater student mobility
• To encourage best practice, professional development and the highest quality of institutional support for international students throughout the education sector.

Activities

We achieve our aims by:

• Monitoring and influencing government and education sector policy through close contact with senior officials, policy makers, MPs, partner organisations and sector bodies throughout the UK.
• Producing regular electronic and print publications which keep members and students up to date on current legislation, regulations and resources.
• Delivering high quality advice line services (for both members and students/members of the public) and training which both assist with immediate areas of difficulty and contribute to greater professional expertise.
• Supporting, sustaining and expanding a network of members committed to the ideals of international education and the highest standards of international student support.
• Initiating and encouraging research which helps to identify key issues and areas for future investigation and development.
• Working indirectly and in partnership with others to encourage greater mobility from, as well as to, the UK.
• Ensuring, through support from Trustees, its specialist staff and effectively managed resources, that it delivers highly valued services for members and other stake-holders.

Find out more

• For more information about our activities, read our
  Annual review of the last year and plans for the future, and
  Annual report and summarised accounts for the year ended 31 March 2010
• In 2008 UKCISA celebrated 40 years of supporting international education. Read about our history in
  Mobility matters: Forty years of international students, Forty years of UKCISA
• If you are an international student seeking information or advice from UKCISA visit our Student Advice zone.
• If you work for a UK school, college or university find out more about joining UKCISA.

Use of UKCISA’s name and logo

UKCISA members and subscribers are not entitled to use UKCISA’s logo, nor to quote their subscription or membership of UKCISA in any form which claims or implies any endorsement by UKCISA. Any such action which is brought to UKCISA’s attention will be considered by the relevant committee and may result in the member or subscriber being expelled from UKCISA.

Membership of, or subscription to, UKCISA does not imply any form of accreditation, kitemarking or endorsement. It simply gives members and subscribers access to a range of services to support their work with international students.

UKCISA is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (Company Number: 4507287) and a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Charity Number: 1095294). Its registered office is at 9–17 St Albans Place London N1 0NX.