Don't tell students to pull their socks up
Article Abstract:
Advice on how to deal with students who are feeling homesick with ways of helping them to get over their homesickness and start to feel like they belong. Universities and student unions are advised to organise events where students can get together in an atmosphere without drink while students are advised to learn how to cook.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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UK fails to integrate overseas students
Article Abstract:
Survey results that U.K. universities are failing to effectively integrate foreign students into university life and the nation's culture are presented.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2007
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Students shun foreign peers
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Research findings that U.K. students in universities have only limited or no interaction at all with international colleagues are presented.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2007
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