International Students

If elected to the guild, elevate YOUR VOICE will fight for:

· Introduce International Student Hardship Grants.

· Make hardship support actually accessible to international students.

· Emergency Flight Grants for regional and international students.

· Pre-arrival information.

· Rental scam education.

· Help understanding leases.

· Better housing referrals.

· Hardship pathways.

· International Student Housing Guide.

· More manageable accommodation payment options instead of massive upfront costs where possible.

Cover:

· Visa-related support pathways.

· Work rights.

· Housing.

· Academic processes.

· Student Assist.

· Safety.

· Where to get specialist advice.

· More opportunities for international and domestic students to actually meet.

· Better consideration where University delays affect progression and create additional consequences for international students.

· Advocate to the government to end unfair increases in visa prices.