Student support
Throughout their time at IIS, students are provided with support for their academic, personal and professional development and to help them get the best out of their experience.
IIS Student Services
The Student Services team is responsible for overseeing non-academic matters spanning the entire student journey, from the point of recruitment, right through to completion of the programme. The areas covered by Student Services include admissions, immigration, accommodation, student welfare, travel, and graduation. Student Services also organise arrival, orientation activities, field trips, and run a programme of exciting social and wellbeing events throughout the year.
The dedicated Student Services team operate an open-door policy and are on-hand to offer advice, guidance, and support to help students get the most out of their student life in London.
Students with disabilities will be supported to achieve equality of opportunity to engage with their studies. We can provide advice and guidance for all students with disabilities. Students are encouraged to discuss their needs with Student Services and the Academic Skills Support Team prior to arrival in order to ensure needs are recognised and accounted for; all discussions are in complete confidence.
As UCL students based at the IOE, STEP students also have access to a number of different resources and support from UCL, as well as support offered by the team and the Academic Programme Office.
As STEP students study as part of the IOE, they are able to access (SSW). UCL鈥檚 SSW service offers a range of support, including counselling, international student support, an interfaith service, support for disabled students and students with specific learning differences and neurodivergence.
You will need to have completed a first degree of good standing from an accredited university, equivalent to a British Bachelor鈥檚 degree. This is usually a three- or four-year degree, but varies depending on country, institution and discipline.
In addition to the counselling services provided by UCL and the IOE, IIS also has a service agreement with Only Connect 2, a private counselling service, specialising in student well-being. Students have access to professional and experienced counsellors who are used to working with people from a range of different backgrounds and cultures. Students may discuss anything that is bothering them in confidence, from an inability to study, homesickness, anxiety, depression to relationship problems and bereavement.
IIS also now offers鈥痶he opportunity for counselling with a therapist in your native language. IIS will鈥痳eimburse up to the equivalent cost of an Only Connect 2鈥痗ounselling session with a selection鈥痮f accredited counsellors, the list of which will be provided by Student Services at the start of your programme.
