Student experience
Good practice
Best practice case studies
Integration and social activities
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)