NEWS: SUMMER TRIP 2008 for all students
*** no ISA membership required
1. Lake District: Sat-Sun 26th/27th July: £54
2. Scotland Week Trip: 31st July to 5th August: £240 (Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Fort William, Inverness, Lochness, Gamis Castle, St andrews, Edinburgh)
3. South Wales: 9th/10th August: £54
Please sign up by writing to ISA@le.ac.uk and leave your contact details: Name, gender and phone number.No refunds possible/Thank you
***For more information regarding the trips please go to the 'trips' section or the Scotland section of this website.
Welcome to ISA's website
ISA office: 0116 223 1208
isa@le.ac.uk
Open:
Tuesday to Thursday: 11.30 am to 2.30 pm
The International Students Association is an organisation supporting international students as well home students planning a year abroad. A committee of students elected by the association's members annually runs it. We annually reach around 1000 members, representing over 80 countries, UK included.We also organise events every week.
TRIPS AROUND UK AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES and PARTIES IN THE LOUNGE. STUDENTS' UNION
How to become a member:
To become a member you need to come to the ISA office and get your membership card. Membership is £4 and will be valid until 1st september 2008. You will receive an ISA calendar and a membership card which includes a 10% discount at Zesty (Take away menu) on Queens road.
Where to find the ISA office?
Enter the Students' Union from the Natwest Cash point side.
Take the staircase up to the first floor and turn left into the corridor.
Pass the fire doors and take the staircase up to the last floor. You found us.
if you are still lost, ask directions to the Union Building receptionist.
ISA: Full Description
Menu:
Activities
Support
Places we go to
Finances
You association is run by students for students on a voluntary basis only.
Activities and support available:We provide support to the new arrivals to ease the difficulties that may crop up on their arrival and during their stay in Leicester.
Our support involves:. Helping them regarding information:
- In finding Private accommodation.
. Banking in the UK: opening a bank account etc...
. Second hand essentials to the new arrivals from our previous members.
. Referring the international students to the help available to them regarding their academic problems.
. Advertising the language courses and proof reading services available to them provided by the Language Unit.
. Advise and help them on a number of issues, such as insurance, safe transportation from and back to their accommodation, mobile phone contract etc…
. We advertise available language jobs from our local community colleges to our members.
. As the ISA committee we try to represent the international students and be their emergency contact in Leicester whenever they need our assistance.
. Depending on their personal interests, we also advertise different associations, societies and clubs available in our Union to our members.
ISA Partners/Finances:While organising the trips ISA only works with Ausden Clark for Coaches, with the Union for minibuses, insurance and drivers and the YHA.
For our other events only few of them do take place outside the Union and the University, such as international food nights like Indian, Chinese restaurants, Diwali celebrations and Xmas dinners for those who remain in Leicester during the holiday period etc.. ISA submits term reports to the relevant sabbatical Officer and applies for grants annually.
*As ISA is a non religious, non political and non profitable association we always aim at breaking even. This induces that unforeseen losses are inevitable as we can not predict how many trip participants would take part. Although all the measures are taken into consideration to avoid such occurrences we have to make the travel arrangement way in advance to secure accommodation, flight or transportation which are often non refundable.
As well as making the Students Union a prime venue for support and activities we endeavour to make the University of Leicester a top destination for international students.