Celebrating Reach
"They have persevered and been open to learn through their experiences.” Despite starting the Friends International, year-long, Reach Programme last September, our 12 trainee’s have only just met each other…
10 Reasons to Join Our Summer Training Series
Join Our free Online Training This summer we're offering free training sessions! They are perfect for church or CU members who want to learn more about engaging with international students…
The World Has Arrived. Now We’re Just Waiting for You.
We have an exciting vision to see more staff join us in more locations around the UK and Ireland. This will mean more international student lives are transformed. Yet, to…
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…