How You Can Help International Students Returning Home
'Thinking Home' One thing almost all international students have in common is that they will return home at the end of their study period. This fact should not be an…
“240 students joined us from over 30 countries!”
The International Student Track at Word Alive 2021 Students from all over the world were present at the Word Alive: International Student Track, which took place online on April 6th…
ISM Ireland Project: Reaching the International Students in Ireland
Making a Difference in Ireland Every year, over 40,000 international students come to study in universities across Ireland and tens of thousands more at language schools.Many of these students have…
A Year of Covid Lockdowns
It's been a long 12 months! It is a year since the government implemented the first lockdown. I feel as though I have been living in this “new norm” for…
What I’ve Learnt from Speaking at University Events Weeks on Zoom
"You can feel somewhat exposed entering a Zoom room of unknown faces." As I write I am in the closing hours of the last of four university events weeks. Run…
Insight Journal: The Importance of Difficult Conversations
The Latest Edition of Insight is Out Now! Insight is the Friends International journal, which delves deeper into international student ministry.In this edition, our guest writers explore the importance of…
Free Pancake Day Resource
Pancake Day Ideas for your Church or Student Group This free resource will bring some much needed cheer, and hopefully lift some of our lockdown gloom, this Pancake Day.Our hope…
Friends International Launches Book To Help International Students Answer Life’s Biggest Questions
Answering International Student Questions Friends International have today launched a new book to help international students answer life’s biggest questions.Titled, ‘Is Christianity a Western religion? And other questions international students…
The cultural differences soon left me feeling isolated and out of place…
The Challenges of Being a Newly Arrived Student from Malaysia Coming to the UK, as an international student from Malaysia, was altogether exciting and daunting after more than 18 years…
A New Book Answering Questions International Students Ask
NEW BOOK:Is Christianity a Western Religion? And other questions international students ask. We all have questions about life, faith and truth. Yet, for those who are abroad in a foreign…
“It was strange to return to the UK this year…”
Introducing Joylynn: International Student Guest Blogger Joylynn is an international student from Malaysia. She is studying Speech and Language Therapy at Newcastle University. Here she shares what it was like…
Please help us support international students at this critical time.
International students have arrived into the UK and Ireland despite the Coronavirus pandemic. Please help us support them at this critical time. Up and down the country thousands of international…