Kindness Digest - COVID-19 Responses and Initiatives in #highered

LONDON - June 12, 2020 - PRLog -- Voices of loved ones, familiar smells and home-cooked meals: These are some of the things that most international students pine for while they are studying abroad. When such things are hard to access, with students sitting thousands of miles away from their hometowns, the one thing that continues to comfort and re-assure students abroad is kindness – in classrooms, international students offices and halls.

With the onset of COVID-19 there is extreme uncertainty, anxiety and fear of the unknown amongst students across the world. During this period, it is vital for institutions to demonstrate care and concern for all students at this time but there is a particular need for international students to see " acts of kindness" as it will make a huge impact in how they are perceived in the future as we emerge from the COVID-19 situation.  International students form a big component of the overall strategy devised by higher education institutions today: they increase the social and cultural diversity of campuses, enrich the research and learning environment and help home students to develop internationally relevant skills. It is now more than ever that colleges and universities will be assessed on how they treat those students.

Various university leaders from around the world have reported that international students were unhappy with the way certain governments responded to the outbreak and the inadequate measures that were taken to safeguard student communities. There is a dire need for consolidated messaging and action from governments as well as institutions to reassure students during these uncertain times.

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