AISA conference 2024

We are excited to announce that bookings are now open for our annual AISA conference will take place at Conference Aston, Birmingham city centre on Monday 2 December 10.30am – 3pm. The price is just £55pp and we hope the low cost will allow many members to attend.

Monday 2nd Dec 2024
In person : 10:30 – 15:00
55pp(UKCISA member’s rate)

Please sign up via this link

We are excited to announce that bookings are now open for our annual AISA conference will take place at Conference Aston, Birmingham city centre on Monday 2 December 10.30am – 3pm. The price is just £55pp and we hope the low cost will allow many members to attend.

Programme:

10:00: Arrival and coffee

10.30 -12.00: Operational update from UKVI. A member of UKVI’s Operations Team will provide an update on the Summer surge and their plans for winter. Following the update, there will be a Q and A session for attendees. We will request questions in advance to those who register for the event.

12.15 – 13.15: World café discussions, extended networking and lunch. We are looking for International Student Advisers to share an area of best practice, an interesting area of your work or some relevant research during our lunch time networking session. As a thank you, if your proposal is accepted, AISA will offer you a free place at the conference (maximum 1 per institution). There will be up to 10 free places available.

If you would like to submit a proposal, please send a short paragraph explaining the good practice you would like to share to Rachel (r.hacking@qmul.ac.uk) by 18 October 2024. We will let you know by 6 November 2024 if your proposal has been accepted.

13.30 – 15.00:  Dealing with difficult customer situations and de-escalation workshop. A highly experienced external provider, Ash Charlton (ACE Training), will deliver a workshop in which you can learn how to stay calm and appear confident in difficult situations, deliver conflict-minimising feedback and close down threatening or discriminatory behaviours. In the workshop you will also look at how to defuse strong emotion and resolve conflicts in a number of real-life situations relevant to International Student Advisers.

Please sign up via this link