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Healthcare
How to access NHS services. Private Medical care or National Health Service?
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Living in the UK
Settling in, schools for your children, homesickness, making friends.
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Consumer Problems
Faulty goods, broken computers, mobile phone contracts
Welcome to International Student Advice and Support
These pages are for all International Students of Loughborough University and those who will soon be studying here.
The information on these pages is to help you when it comes to living and studying in the UK. If you cannot find the answer to your question here, please contact us with your query.
You can see more about how we can help in our video presentation - just click on the arrow to find out more.
To request an appointment, please look at our Appointment Booking webpage.
The types of things we advise on:
- How to extend your visa
- How to register with the Police
- How to bring your family to join you
- How to rent a private house
- How to access the health service
- How to manage your money
- How to resolve problems with faulty goods/services
Our colleagues in the Academic Language Support Service offer workshops and online support to help you develop the English language and study skills that you will need to succeed on your academic programme and in your future career.
Our advice is free, impartial and confidential (unless the matter is related to your visa and then we may share information with the Academic Registry).
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English language support
The Academic Language Support Service offers a range of high quality English language support to international students.
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Extending your visa
The visa system can be quite daunting, but our team of immigration advisers will help guide you through every step of the process.
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Housing advice
Contracts, deposits, sharing, tenants’ rights and obligations, repairs and poor housing conditions and home safety.
The Student Advice and Support Service is authorised to provide immigration advice and services by an order made under section 84(4)(d) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Part V Exemption: Educational Institutions and Health Sector Bodies) Order 2001 (Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 1403).