Blog for members
18 May 2020

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Bangor University created a mindfulness course tailored for international students.

Blog for members
18 May 2020

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University of Edinburgh’s research into mental health and wellbeing of global access students

From our Chief Executive
21 November 2019

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As you (hopefully) saw from social media on Monday, UKCISA kicked off the week with our first #WeAreInternational student forum in London.  We had to pull this event together in a very short space of time, in order to coincide with International...

Blog for members
18 October 2019

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Katya Ivanova is a Graduate Admissions Selector at the London School of Economics. She received her PhD in European Studies from the LSE European Institute in 2016. Katya’s experience and interests focus on widening access to under-represented ...

Blog for students
09 October 2019

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The following is an account from Sha Zhou, international student at King’s College London, about studying in the UK, accessing counselling and overcoming isolation."It was in September 2014 when I first set foot in Britain at the age of 24. Com...

Blog for members
25 September 2019

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Written by Wahida Ashiq, Founder of Great British Mag. The UK’s only weekly, digital magazine for international students.An international student once explained to me that moving to the UK felt like moving to Mars. Everything was alien, doing t...

From our Chief Executive
19 September 2019

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It’s been a tumultuous week since we received the news that the government was reintroducing a competitive post study work visa for international students. The sector has been united in campaigning for this reversal since Theresa May introduced it,...

From our Chief Executive
05 September 2019

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Fans of the BBC’s early evening quiz show, Pointless, will note this disclaimer on the credits of every episode. It might be worth including this disclaimer on everything we produce right now, not just quiz shows. The political context in which we ...

Blog for members
15 August 2019

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2019-20 is the final year of the UKCISA/ Nottingham University PG Cert in International Student Advice and Support will run. We talked to Echo Zhou who graduated from the PG Cert ISAS in 2018. She has worked as an International Student Adviser at th...

Blog for members
05 July 2019

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Couldn't make it to conference this year? Just want to refresh your memory? Web and Communications Manager, Jane McCarthy, shares her thoughts on the final day. Please add any comments below!  After a self-guided walk around campus, we’re...