Best practice case studies

Integration and social activities

• Adopt an international student
  Fostering closer ties between international students and the local community. (Queen Margaret University)
  Presentation


• One Voice
  Outreach projects between international students and the local community. (De Montfort University)


• Culture Vulture
  A new approach to hosting aimed at integration between UK and international students. (University of Nottingham)
  Postcard   Poster


• International student volunteering
  Engaging international students in volunteering in the local community. (Heriot-Watt University)


• Exchange students as language tutors
  Encouraging dialogue between UK and international students through language classes. (Newman University College)
  Italian lesson   Poster   Participation Certificate


• International Student Peer Mentoring Programme
  An international student mentoring programme promoting the integration of international students in their studies, the student body and the wider community (Heriot-Watt University).


• Discussing difference, discovering similarities
  An online toolkit of training and workshop activities for use with mixed groups of UK and international students, exploring areas of difference and diversity. (University of the West of England & Bournemouth University).
  Toolkit of learning activities to improve cross-cultural exchange


• Intercultural mentoring (pre-arrival, on-arrival and post-arrival)
  Setting up a mentoring programme for international students using an online management system (Staffordshire University)


• BLISS: Blogging and buddying to give information to international students
  Setting up a blogging system for existing home and international students to give pre-entry and pre-arrival to international students. (Edinburgh’s Telford College)


• Easing the transition: peer mentor support to international direct entry students
  Making use of current international direct entry students’ experience to form a student-centred mentor culture and focusing on the particular needs of direct entry students. (University of Plymouth)
  Mentor handbook   Mentor training   Feedback


• One World Week
  A student-run programme celebrating the international mix of student s at Warwick and aiming to stimulate personal appreciation and discussion of global culture and issues. (University of Warwick Students' Union)

  International e-buddies resource
  A Glasgow-wide online resource to widen the scope of information and student contacts available to international students in Glasgow colleges. (Anniesland College)



• An integration and curriculum development enhancement project
  A series of events aimed at engaging both UK and international students and raising awareness of cultural diversity. This project was run as part of an MSc Events Management course. ( Bournemouth University)


• Integrating study cultures, language and employability skills for international students
  The development and implementation of UCLAN's THES award-winning language support programme. ( University of Central Lancashire)

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