About Us

The International Students' Campaign (ISC) is one of six autonomous, equal opportunities campaigns of the Oxford University Student Union (OUSU). Staffed entirely by student volunteers, we are committed to representing and improving the welfare of their >6,500 international students from 139 different countries at our University, who make up one-third of the total student body, including 14% of full-time undergraduates and 63% of full-time postgraduates.

“Improving the representation and welfare of all international students”
Our aims at the ISC are:

  • To represent and voice the problems, interests and experiences of prospective, undergraduate and graduate international students;
  • To engage and involve all students on the issues affecting international students;
  • To provide support to University national interest societies and International/Overseas Representatives at colleges in their work on these issues;
  • To serve as a unifying forum for discussion and action on them.

As such, our projects focus on improving the representation and welfare of international students across the University as well as celebrating and raising awareness of cultural diversity. Apart from this Handbook, our projects include:

  1. Campaign for Representation, which seeks to expand international student representation by proposing the election of representatives in all colleges.
  2. Welfare Clinics, which focus on issues of particular interest and relevance to international students, e.g. careers options and work regulations in the UK.
  3. ISC Newsletter, which generates awareness about the plethora of events and opportunities with an international/cross-cultural theme in Oxford
  4. Oxford International Festival, a week-long cultural extravaganza organised for the first time this year that began with a five-day showcase of international events in Oxford and culminated in a day-long International Fair attended by >500 people.

We look forward to working with you and for you. To find out more about who we are and what we do, visit the website of the International Students' Campaign or come along to one of our open meetings. To get involved, e-mail us at internationalstudents@ousu.org or join our group on Facebook, Oxford University International Students.