International Students Association

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International Students Association

• End of Year Report forAcademic Year 2007/08

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Objectives for 2007/08

• Participation
• increase number of members by particularlyaddress
  ing home students
• increase participation of Scarborough students
• Democracy
• increase democracy and accountability ofISA
  Executive Committee
• increase turnout in ISA elections and also
  increase number of people standing for positions
• Representation
• improve the ISA acting as a standing committee to
  represent internationals

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Participation

• Welcome Week
• Welcome Booklet
• Welcome presentation to newly arrived students
• Semester Event Calendars
• ISA stall in International Office
• ISA stall at Freshers fair (Societies
  Volunteers Bazaar)
• ISA Welcome Party
• Welcome Week social in Scarborough

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Participation
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Participation Success 2007/08

• Record number of ISA members signed up during
  Welcome Week and overall (gt 1100)
• For the first time ever have ISA members on
  Scarborough campus (gt 50)
• High number of home students (ca. 130)
• Assisted in successful creation ofInternational
  Post-grad network (ca. 10-30)

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Participation Success 2007/08
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Participation Scarborough

• Scarborough Campus
• Organised events for Scarborough for the first
  time in ISA history
• 2 Socials
• 3 Trips (Cambridge, Manchester, Alton Towers)
• Creation of ISA Rep (Rebecca Dislich)
• Feedback Survey on Scarborough Campus
• Creation of International Officer on Scarborough
  Executive Committee for 2008/09

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Participation Scarborough
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Participation Events

• Record number of events participants
• 7 very successful ISA parties, including a beach
  ball and a 60s/70s/80s themed party in aid of
  Children in Need (raised 532.68)
• Trips to Scarborough, York, Cambridge, Edinburgh,
  Manchester, York, Amsterdam, Paris, Liverpool,
  Stratford-upon-Avon, Alton Towers, Bath

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Participation Events
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Participation Events
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Participation Events

• New ISA events
• Sound of Hull
• Winter Ball
• 2 Socials in Scarborough
• Beach Ball
• Culture Night
• More than 150 participants
• Audience of more than 500

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Participation Events
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Participation Events
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Democracy

• ISA Committee Elections (Semester 1)
• High number of candidates, especially for the new
  position of Chinese Representative
• High turnout at election hustings (ca. 100)
• Rather low turnout in elections(difficulties
  with online voting)

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Democracy

• ISA Elections (Semester 2)
• Only one contested position(Committee Executive)
• Low turnout at election hustings and in elections
• Very high turnout in elections of Scarborough
  International Officer for 2008/09 (ca. 70)

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Democracy

• Assured accountabilityof ISA Executive Committee
• Agendas of meetings
• Minutes of meetings(board, online)
• Weekly reports to UEC
• 3-weekly report to Council

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Representation

• Attended a UKCISA/NUS conference for
  International Student Officers to network with
  other institutions? unique position of Hull
• Close liaison with International Office, in
  particular Ting Chen, the Immigration and
  Cultural Advisor
• Signposting International Students to Advice
  Centre and other Union facilities
• Created a Did you know? section in weekly ISA
  newsletter to promote facilities or activities

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Volunteer Awards 2008

• ISA received an award forOutstanding Work
  forthe Students Union

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Thank You

• ISA Committee 2007/08
• International Office
• Hull University Union
• Sabbatical Team 2007/08
• The SAC Team
• Niki Marshall, my mentor this year
• All our members