International Students’ Association AGM!

The International Students’ Association is holding its exciting Annual General Meeting on the 6th of June 5-8 pm in Guild Council Chambers!
Come along for FREE PIZZA and tell us what you would like the association to do for you!

There are 7 Committee Positions up for grabs!

To help you choose which one you would like to run for, the ISA role descriptions and skills you will develop in each role have been compiled into a document.  You can access this document by clicking on the link.

AGM + Free Pizza

 

 

Elections Results!

RESULTS ARE IN FOR OUR ISA ELECTIONS!

7 people attended the Elections, chaired by the ISO (myself). Votes were counted by Rob Sassoon, who has recently been elected Deputy Chair of Guild Council.
The elected committee members are as follows:
Chair – Susanne Klueber
Secretary – Ashmita Aravindhan
Treasurer – Petr Bulka
Publicity Officer – Monicca Maran
Events Officer – POSITION STILL OPEN
Sports Officer – POSITION STILL OPEN
Postgraduate representative – Antoine Vallatos
Undergraduate representative – Fabian Wessels
The new team is looking  forward to working for you at the University!
Two positions are still open! You can still join the ISA Committee!  Email iso@guild.bham.ac.uk if you are interested in running.

Of course, you can still be an active member of the Association without being on the Committee, you can just come along and enjoy our events and make friends from around the world!

Your ISO

 

Bridging our world: when cultures collide

The International Students’ Association is holding an intercultural workshop on Monday 7th of November 2011 from 1-3 pm in Rosa Parks in the Guild of Students.

This workshop is meant to help people from different backgrounds share their traditions, beliefs and cultures together to promote understanding between them.

This is free, and is open to all!  So come along and get to know people of the world like you never have before!

International Students’ Association Elections!

The ISA will be holding its elections on Tuesday 1st of November 2011 in the Guild Council Chambers from 4-5.30 pm!

Come along and run for a position!

Support the candidates and have a say in who represents your voice to the Guild and the University!

The positions open are:

  • Chair: Figurehead; normally sits on Guild Council. Chairs AGM & EGM.
  • Secretary: Takes minutes in AGM & EGMs.
  • Treasurer: Handles finances, and deals with the Association account.
  • Publicity Officer: Publicises events run by the Association.
  • Events Officer: Plans events, handles room bookings for events.
  • Sports Officer: Organises sporting activities for members of the Association.
  • Postgraduate rep: An international postgraduate student who ensures fair postgraduate representation for their peers within the Association.
  • Undergraduate rep: An international undergraduate who ensures that undergraduate international students are represented fairly in the Association’s activities.

Running in the ISA elections
Students wishing to run for any position should prepare a short (1 min) speech to be read to the audience at the Elections. Your speech should not exceed this time.
If all candidates for a position are present in the room, they may then be asked questions (all the questions should be put to all of the candidates at any one time).
If you would like to run, but will not be on campus on Tuesday Nov 1st, you can send a speech to iso@guild.bham.ac.uk to be read out for you.

Commitment to the ISA committee

You are expected to commit between 2-5 hours each week on your role. This may vary during the year, if we run big events it might take more time; but smaller ones might require less so.
The committee set up on Nov 1st will be trained within the Guild.
Furthermore, Chair training will be happening in the Guild on 2nd Nov 2011 from 12-1 pm in the Mandela Room.
There is Guild Councillor Training on Thursday 3…rd Nov 2011.
N.B: The International Students’ Officer is a co-chair of the Association.

Preliminary meeting for international students

Greetings to all international students at the University of Birmingham!

Have you heard about the International Students’ Association?

When you are an international student, you are automatically a member of this association.  It is there to represent you and help you get your voice heard.

We would like to hear your ideas about what you would like the Association to be this year and how you can help take it there!  Come along to the first meeting of the ISA where you will be able to discuss what you think your Association should do for you and how it should do so.

It will also be a good occasion to meet new people, and expand your friends’ network!

The meeting is scheduled for 4-6 pm on Tuesday 18th October 2011 in Rosa Parks, in the Guild of Students.

See you there!

Noorie

Your International Students’ Officer at the Guild of Students