Council of Scholarship&Fundings’ for International Students&Scholars/CSFISS

We aim to:

· Increase support for international education and raise awareness of its values and benefits

· Promote opportunities for - and identify and work to reduce obstacles and barriers to - greater student mobility

· Encourage best practice, professional development and the highest quality of institutional support for international students throughout the education sector.

Our work with institutions and students’ unions

We are a membership organisation with many members, including every university, colleges and students’ unions. Membership is per each organisation, so all colleagues have access to our services.

We provide advice, training, guidance, discussion and debate about all aspects of the international student experience, including immigration, fees, student support, mental health and orientation.

We do this by:

· Supporting, sustaining and expanding a network of those committed to the ideals of international education and the highest standards of international student support.

· Monitoring and influencing government and education sector policy through close contact with senior officials, policy makers, members of national parliaments and assemblies, partner organisations and sector bodies..

· Delivering high quality advice line services (for both members and students/members of the public) and training which both assist with immediate areas of difficulty and contribute to greater professional expertise.

· Providing comprehensive website information, online resources and e-news updates on all aspects of coming to study.

· Funding, encouraging, enabling and publicising research and new initiatives which enhance the international student experience.

and by

· Ensuring, through support from Trustees, its specialist staff and effectively managed resources, that it delivers highly valued services for members and other stakeholders.

Our work with students

As well as providing training and advice for universities, schools, colleges and students’ unions to support international students, we also work directly with students. This includes:

keeping up-to-date with current legislation and regulations to ensure we can advise students accurately

writing information for students all over the world. Our ‘info and advice’ section on this website is written for current and prospective international students and includes up-to-date information about immigration rules, fees, government student support and living and working in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.

offering advice on our students advice line. This helpline is for international students or pare

nts with specific questions about immigration, fees and student experience and is open every weekday afternoon between 1pm and 4pm (UK time)

creating news items to inform international students. This is sent out in a monthly enews.

Annual Review

We review our achievements and challenges of the past year, and look ahead at the priorities and targets for 2019-20.