The inclusion of International Students in HEIs : challenges and Best Practices

Cork and ULiege presented their own best practices, considering the fact that there is no central EDI in ULiège. EDI issues are dealt with relevant services by staff members in charge of them (administrative, and Faculties content wise).

Cork presented internationalisation as a driver of inclusion, with some good practices, i.e., migrand Support Clinic, Global Citizenship, Distributed Leadership Models for Global Reach or International Student Societes & University of Sanctuary. UCC has a Unit for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

The discussion went through the funding structure of these good examples, and highlight the importance of places to meet for the students, of the housing (as a way of connecting them) and langage learning.Furthermore, the "buddy program" (peer to peer mentoring in which students organize free time activities for each other) was also discussed, notably through one concrete example given by a student of Oulu (whose project was supported by the Ministry of Culture)