About UKCISA:
Good Practice Guides
- Managing accommodation for international students
- International students under 18
- Students in financial hardship: an adviser’s guide
- Mentoring schemes
- Planning and running orientation programmes
- Volunteering
- International students in crisis: a guide for institutions
- Internationalising students' unions
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Managing accommodation for international students: a handbook for practitionersThis guide is aimed at staff who deal with international students in residential accommodation in HE and FE institutions and all other staff who support international student in institutions, policy-makers, students’ unions, voluntary organisations providing accommodation services, and commercial providers. The guide:
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International students under 18: guidance and good practiceThe issues relating to international students under the age of 18 are varied, complex and sensitive, due to legislation, differences between jurisdictions and different obligations on different types of education provider. This guide draws together descriptions of regulatory requirements and examples of good practice, provides sector and country-specific guidance where applicable, and brings together general points of relevance where sectors can learn from one another. |
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Students in financial hardship: an adviser’s guideInternational students often find themselves in financial difficulty
through no fault of their own. In some cases students can experience hardship
as a consequence of poor budgeting or because advice about the cost of
living in the UK has been disregarded. This guide aims to help you and
your institution to minimise the occurrence of financial hardship and
to establish a realistic approach for dealing with requests for help from
those students who do experience financial problems. |
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Mentoring schemes for international students: a practical guideMentoring is generally accepted to be a powerful tool for helping people through difficult situations and periods of transition. International students beginning a period of study in the UK face particular challenges in adapting to their new environment, and this guide provides practical support to staff in HE and FE institutions who are considering setting up mentoring schemes specifically for international students. It covers all the major points you should consider before setting up such a scheme and as well as sample documents for you to use as the basis for setting up schemes of your own.
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Planning and running orientation programmes for international studentsWhen they begin their period of study in the UK, international students are removed from the cues, clues and familiar landscape of their own culture. More than home students, they are removed from their usual support networks and mechanisms. Many of your new students will be lacking direction, not knowing where to go, literally or metaphorically. Orientation programmes are an essential way of welcoming international students to the UK and to their new institution, and a valuable way of imparting a wide range of information relevant to their stay. This guide provides guidance, ideas and a list of practical items that you can use as an aid to designing orientation events for your students.
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Volunteering and international students: a practical guideExperiencing British culture is an important part of an international student’s time in the UK; it is a large part of why they choose to study here. And institutions welcome volunteering schemes as they increase students’ employability, as well as providing a way of strengthening community links. This guide is an overview of the issues that you should think about when starting a volunteering scheme using international students as volunteers. It addresses what you should consider at each stage, from ways in which volunteering is perceived by people from different cultures, to additional risks and legal issues, to issues around recruiting international students.
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International students in crisis
This guide looks at some of the main factors common to
different types of crisis, considering the issues they raise for
international students and those around them, including
both other students and staff. It also looks at particular
types of crisis, such as illness, death, crime and events in the
student's home country. The guide aims to provide the
international student adviser with a range of practical
resources, including checklists of issues to consider,
models of good practice and useful publications and
organisational contacts for further information. The guide
should also be read by managers wishing to ensure that
they are prepared for crises involving international students.
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Internationalising students' unions
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