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Hi everyone
I manage the International Office of Dundalk Institute of Technology. I work with international students and with Erasmus students. I'm interested to learn more on current best international practice on this theme of mental health supports for international students. I'm interested to share with colleagues on this course on how best we can engage with and support our students while remote-working in the pandemic.

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Departmental Exchange Coordinator

Hi all,
I work with international students as an exchange coordinator and I am looking for ways to stay connected with them during the pandemic. I am aware that many international students face difficulties during these times and I would like to support them more.

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Fontys International Business School (FIBS) in Venlo, The Netherlands

Hello everyone, I work as Coordinator for Personal & Professional Development at the Marketing Management Department. Our university is located directly on the German-Dutch border and we have a lot of international students (especially many Germans).

I am curious how it works in other universities at the moment and how we can (even) better support our students to stay positive during this time.

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International Relations Officer
Maastricht University, Center for European Studies

As an international student adviser, I'm looking forward to learning more about supporting students, especially considering the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of students away from home. Also in general when international mobility opens up more, hoping to be able to provide more specialised guidance wherever needed.

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incoming Advisor
Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain

Hi Everyone.
I work with international students and a few times I have encountered situations where students need emotional support and mental health guidance. I would love to learn how others deal with this.

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International Experience Coordinator,
University of Worcester, UK

Hi everyone!
I've been working in the International Experience team supporting international students since 2016. I am really looking forward to learning how to better support our international students with their mental health needs and to be able to provide appropriate support when they are in need.

Outside of work I am a mum, a very slow crocheter (not a word but should be) and a very slow but enthusiastic swimmer. And like my fellow participant below, I'm also a lover of a good gif!

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Student support services, Brussels, Belgium

I would like to get some more insight in how to provide psychosocial support for international students.

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Communication professional with a passion for #education, #STEM and #diversity & #inclusion.

For the past 7 years I have been working for Petrus Communications, an international agency. Petrus designs and delivers impactful learning experiences and creative campaigns bringing together companies, students and universities worldwide for skills development, innovation, brand communications, recruitment, and community building.

Through our global projects we transform the way companies, students and universities
interact.

One of the most recent project we ran had a mental health focus, hence my interest in this particular course.

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Social Worker at the Radboud Universtity , Nijmegen, The Netherlands

I'm a new in my job as social worker for the Internatiobal Students at the Radboud University.
I'm looking forward to hearing about the experiences of others, learning from them, the different ways to approach the students. Especially when it comes to creative ways of approaching them.

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Student Life Coordinator
CODE University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany

As part of my role, I lead the mentoring and counselling efforts at CODE, so I'm looking for best practices, tools and methods on how to help, respond to and mentor our (international) students especially when it comes to addressing mental health concerns. I truly look forward to learning as much as I can here! I want to be able to relay some awesome resources to our team in Berlin so we can best assist our students.

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International Mobility Coordinator
St. Pölten UAS, Austria

I am new to the International Relations team at the St. Pölten UAS. It would be great to know how to best approach students when they are in need, and also how to make them feel comfortable enough to reach out to us when they need support.

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Secretary in the Office for International Relations,
Waterford Institute of Technology,
Ireland

I have been working in the International Office in WIT since Dec 2019.
I would be the first port of call for our International Students to answer whatever queries they may have.
I hope to get some tips on how to support our students during these challenging times.

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Director of Academic Advisement and Student Life
American College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland

I've been working at American College Dublin since 2017. As part of my role, I oversee the adjustment and immersion of international students into the school community. By participating in this course, I hope to acquire some additional skills for supporting international students and encouraging their engagement.

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Head of Academic Exchange
University of Geneva, Switzerland
I have been working at this position since August 2018. Crises management and student's mental health issues were not mentioned in the job description, but should have been. I hope to get some tools to deal with the difficult situation some students face while away from home.
#lovedancing

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ESC Volunteer/Student Coordinator
University College Copenhagen, Denmark

I have been working at the International Office since last August after graduating from Psychological counselling and guidance as my bachelor.
I am creating an online course about well-being during exchange, therefore I am excited to learn more about mental health challenges by international students and practical tools about how to cope. Since I was an exchange student myself I am very eager to see what the course has to offer.

#lovewatchingcuteanimalvideos
#giflover

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Student Services Officer
Twente Pathway College, Enschede, the Netherlands.

I have been working at TPC since October 2020. I would like to have more knowledge to handle the students, especially with this difficult condition. I look forward to meeting all of you.

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Lesia Kimmel, Counselling & Support Incomings, International Office, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

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Lesia Kimmel, Counselling & Support Incomings, International Office, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

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I take care of the international exchanges students 10 years.
Recently , the number of students sufferenig from mental disoders and problems has increased.
I hope to get some practical advises and tips how to reach such students and to find the way to build a good connection with the purpose to help them.

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Incoming Exchange Student Coordinator & Admissions and Marketing Officer
Prague University of Economics and Business (VSE)

I have been working in the international office for 7 years. We tend to welcome approx. 800 incoming Exchange students per academic year. The whole admissions process, course collection, mobility documents, internal internationalization etc. is managed by a team of 2 full timers and 2-3 student assistants. Thanks to the recent leap in digitalization, I feel that our team could have more space to start looking deeper into the students' wellbeing while studying at VSE. I am interested in information about balancing the personal approach with the Exchange volume.

#coffeelover#Excelfreak

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Incoming exchange coordinator
Fontys International Business School, Venlo, the Netherlands

I am filling in for a colleague who cannot participate due to unforeseen family circumstances. I have done this training in Bordeaux two years ago because I wanted to be more aware of the mental health issues / personal concerns our international students bring with them and find out the best way to help them. I loved the training, it even got me to start studying some psychology modules to deepen my knowledge. Even though I participated already, our team leader thought I would be the best candidate to step in for our colleague, especially since our international students are/have been facing specific problems due to Covid.

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Associate - Examination Office
Hertie School, Berlin, Germany

I only started working in this position 2 months ago. Most of our students are international and we receive many inquiries regarding mental health issues. Because of the current situaiton many students are in their home countries. It is especially challenging, as all communication happens via email or video calls and the personal interaction is missing.
In addition it is sometimes hard to judge, how severe the situation of the student is  and apply fair rules (e.g. regarding extensions).

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Lecturer, Student Counselor, Coordinator Student Counseling,
Foundation Programme,
Maastricht University

As a lecturer at the UM Foundation Programme (FP) I interact with international students every day. Our students are almost all from non-EU countries and during the FP we focus a lot on getting used to living and studying abroad, and we spend quite some time on individual development of the students. In my talks with students in class but also during individual student counseling meeting I have noticed that many students experience a lot of stress and anxiety, and I am very interested to learn more about how to support my students.

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Student Advisor Incoming Students, ISM International School of Management, Germany

International students are facing many challenges in these unprecedented times. I am looking forward to learn approaches on how to encourage students to talk about their problems and on how to detect warning signs when it comes to mental health issues of students.

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Erasmus Coordinator for Fashion & Textile Technologies, Saxion University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands

I have been working with incoming and outgoing students for the past 7 years and would like to get a better idea of the challenges they are facing in the area of mental health and how we can prevent them.

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Head of Admissions and Student Affairs, Windesheim Honours College, Windesheim UAS, The Netherlands

I work with international and local students throughout the BBA programme Global Project and Change Management. Possibly due to the nature of our study, we have very passionate students who want to be future change makers. This last year has been very challenging for them to not being able to study abroad or go on international projects or internships. We have encountered some really struggling mentally and although I am not a student counsellor, I would like to know how to provide support and guidance where I can.

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Social Worker, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Starting next week with this new job at the university. I hope to learn and hear al lot about the mental welbeing of students.

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Coordinator Student Housing
International Office,
Saxion University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
#travelling🧡#waitingforsummer💛

I have been working with incoming students (degree and exchange) for almost 25 years and mental health challenges/well being of students is one of the most difficult things to deal with. I hope get more insights and tips, especially on how to reach students and make them feel comfortable enough to speak up and reach out.

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Office of Intl. Relations, University of Graz, Austria

I have encountered quite a number of difficult situations incoming students found themselves in due to either pre-existing psychological issues or anxiety developing as a result to finding themselves in a different culture/country/academic culture alonw for the first time in their lives. I am looking forward to learning more about how best to provide support and guidance to students during their exchange experience.

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Digital Services Coordinator, International Student Services, TU Darmstadt, Germany

I hope to learn how we can communicate effectively so that students feel they can reach out to us when they need support.

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ResLife Officer wellbeing
Bournemouth University

International students face a number of challenges that have an impact on their experience. I am looking forward to meeting everyone and having the opportunity to learn more about supporting international students with their well being and how to encourage them to come forward and speak about their problems.

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Student Resource Center Officer, Webster Vienna Private University, Vienna, Austria

#booksLover

We coordinate both exchange students as well as many international degree seeking students.
I am looking forward to exchange tips and learn more on how to better support young generation living abroad.

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International Education Administrator, University of Toronto

International students face various challenges that impact their overall experiences. During this pandemic, international students continue to face challenges that impacts their overall well-being. I would like the opportunity to learn more about supporting international students.

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Associate Director, Student Programs, Wayne State University

During the pandemic, I have faced many challenges and difficult situations with international students and their well-being. I am looking forward to learning new tools to adapt to crisis scenarios.

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Coordinator of Campus life and counseling& self empowerment Services, Bocconi University, Milan Italy

Hi everyone, my name is Stefania and I'm in charge of coordinating campus life & counseling activities.
We have been working a lot on mental health issues and I'd like to have insights on how to help students to cope with the "new normal" and to manage the "relaunch"

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International Student Support Officer, Edge Hill University, UK

The challenges international students are facing are many in this unprecedented time and I am hoping to learn how to recognize if a student is in need of help how to best support them.

I love to travel and have just got a puppy called Archie.

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International Student Services
TU Darmstadt, Germany

The challenges are many and the tools at our disposal few. I am looking forward to this workshop and I hope to learn not only how to support students but also how to empower them to share with us their mental health challenges.

I like hiking in the Dolomites, reading, growing vegetables and drink wine with friends.

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International Relations Officer, Assistant coordinator of the KA2 UniSafe project and previously member of the incoming students team

The consequences of the pandemic are hitting in particular the international students. They are deprived of important elements of sociality and life experience while abroad. Learning suitable approaches and techniques to support them with empathy would be ideal.

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International affairs specialist, part of the incoming student team from
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

Isolation and remote teaching has taken a toll on both outgoing and incoming students, and with sparse resources available in the mental health sector, it would be good to know some ways to recognize these issues and support our students and maybe prevent their issues from escalating.

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Advisor for international degree seeking students at the University of Siegen, Germany

I notice that psychological problems among international students are on the rise; especially, of course, in the last year.
At the same time, it is difficult to encourage them to come forward with problems; offers are little taken up.
I am looking for methods and ways to support students and motivate them to self-care.

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Incoming Student Coordinator at Munich Business School in Munich

I feel that it is very important to support a learning environment where students can be their "whole self" and where no problem is too small.
I am looking forward to learn more about the tools to improve the well-being/mental health of our international students and help to "create" a society where people are looking out for each other.

About me: I love to travel, eat good food and play soccer :)

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Study Abroad Advisor
International Relations Officer
Lecturer
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republic

I would love to learn more about how to support international students and also our outbound students as they also may have struggles especially in the current situation with pandemic.

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Study advisor of the Bachelor Economics and Business Economics at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands

As international students have specific needs and challenges, especially now, I would love to learn more about how to support them.

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Coordinator of an international MSc programme in Water Resources Engineering at KU Leuven, Belgium

I am looking forward to gain insights on how to best support our international students. Many of them are struggling, especially in the current situation and I would like to give them the necessary support/tools to improve their well-being.

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Teaching Organisation at the Faculty of Computer Science of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

As a small university, we do not have dedicated services for the mental health of our students, so we at the “frontline” sometimes struggle when we are trying to support them and are often really challenged also at a personal level. I hope to gain a better understanding of how, in my role, I can promote well-being among students and intercept critical cases, but also of how I can deal with sometimes very intense situations without being overwhelmed myself.

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Assistant to the Head of the International Office at University of Klagenfurt

#foodphotographer

I am looking forward to having more of an insight of this important aspect of dealing with international students and how to best support them!

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Study Abroad & Exchange Coordinator at Tilburg University, the Netherlands

Hoping to gain insight into how best to recognise the signs that a student may be struggling in this online, Zoom-led world.

Fun fact: I had a dance role in a short film created by Michael Jackson's choreographer & producer!

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PhD coordinator at School of Humanities & Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

Looking forward to hearing tips and tricks on as well as how to help best our international PhD students. Be more conscious of the challenges they encounter and hopefully exchange of experiences, best practices.

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Exec Director, Fulbright Scholarships for Belgium Luxembourg and Schuman (EU)

Hope to learn tools to offer to our staff and scholars, see you soon!

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Director of International Student Support Centre (HSE University, Moscow, Russian Federation).

Looking forward to hearing more and gain new knowledge and experience about mental health and psychological support for international students.

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International Consultant at UCL University College, Denmark (IRO staff member)
#expatindenmark #crocheteveryday

Interested in improving my counselling skills with focus on incoming student mobility.
When does culture shock become too "shocking"?
I am both a counsellor and an administrative staff member. How can I be the best of both for our students?

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Agnes joins the course on behalf of the EAIE Professional Development Committee (PDC) as an observer.

Eager to learn new insights from different aspects of international higher education. By profession Agnes is working at Central European University as Academic Cooperation Officer.

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Facilitator of Training on Effective Responses to Mental Health Challenges
#pilateslover#missingthe sea

I'm really excited to be training alongside Jessica and hope to give you all a good experience.
I'm a psychological therapist and also manage three teams concerned with mental health and training for staff and students.

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Facilitator of Training on Effective Responses to Mental Health Challenges
newsjunkie# yogaaficionado# coffeelover#

Hello! I am delighted to co-facilitate this training with my dear colleague Stephanie Griffiths. I am a psychological therapist, mental health consultant and lecturer.  I know that we will learn a lot together!

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Event Registration Coordinator
#computergeek

I will try and assist with any technical issues, but hope that the training sessions run smoothly!

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Learning and Programme Officer
#Foodie #MissingTheBeach
Looking forward to hearing more about how to promote well-being among students. Ready to assist with the breakout rooms and Padlet boards!

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Training Programme Coordinator
#waitingforSpring
Excited to learn more about strategies to support international students that face wellbeing challenges. I'm ready to help you with your questions via the chatbox!