The International Society is run by a group of volunteers (not staff) who run some fantastic events for international students. In general we have about 4 events a week, namely movie night on tuesdays; pub night on thursdays; coffee afternoon on fridays and weekend trips to some amazing places in Scotland on saturdays and sundays. Being a member also allows you not only to take part in these but to recieve discounts in shops like borders, nevisport, the primary…For £3 its a good deal!

There are many opportunities to sign up as a member. But the most regular one will be at the thursday pub nights in the primary (From the uni main building walk in the direction opposite of byres road. You will see the old brown Glasgow University Union building and take a right down gibson street, following the road down to St Silas Church. Its behind the church.) Pub nights start at 9pm, and memberships will normally be sold at a table with a laptop computer from 9.30-11pm

All the best!

David

WELCOME to Glasgow if you’ve just arrived! It really is amazing that you’ve chosen to come here and in all probability you are going to have an amazing time. We’ve certainly been working hard to make that happen.

We are a group of student volunteers who are passionate about international students. We are the largest society on campus and organise 4 events per week for our members, which last year numbered over 1,200. We organise pub nights, movie nights, magazines, day trips, weekend trips, coffee afternoons, ceilidhs and oh, just, way more! Why not check out our stall at freshers week and consider signing up as a member? We have a 12 month program, discounts for big stores like borders and nevisport, and a track record of memory making.

Whats coming up in the next week or so? Glad you asked:

Sunday 14th - Salsa Night 8pm-late Queen Margaret Union upstairs
You don’t have to be able to salsa dance you can just sit and chat (very excited about meeting you all), but we will have a dj and we will have salsa dancing lessons

Friday 19th - World record ceilidh attempt 6.30pm

Don’t miss the festival, carnival atmosphere.Help us beat a world record and have a great time ‘ceilidh dancing’. Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of a ceilidh, its very easy, everyone can do it and everyone enjoys it. This is all for charity so do consider bringing a donation! But tell all your friends, we want to try and get 1000 people or more !!! We won’t do this twice so please make it a date in your diary

We will have small, medium and large scale events in the week to follow.

Catch us at freshers week !!!!

PS Having a little bit of technical issues with the website, if you would like more information please do not hesitate to contact

Have a fantastic time!
God bless,
David

We are producing a magazine for new international students and could use your help Can you reply to this article and jot down some answers to questions like:

Favourite Place? Favourite/Worst moment ? Best advice to new international students? Lesson(s) learned?

Also just leave something to let us know how you’re doing I’m certainly interested anyway

If you’ve left and gone back home then I miss you and I’m sure others do too

God bless,

David

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EDINBURGH TRIP - Saturday 16th August
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Looking for somewhere to go next weekend? We propose a day out in Edinburgh! We’ll take the train through and have the day to explore the city which comes alive during August for the famous Edinburgh Festival. We’ll also have the option to visit the Georgian House National Trust property.
 
If you’re interested email David at isocpresident@gla.ac.uk so we know we’ve enough numbers to run the trip.
 
Edinburgh Festival - www.eif.co.uk/
The Georgian House - www.nts.org.uk/Property/56/
 
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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY MAGAZINE
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“Compass” is an exciting new project for the International Society, our first magazine, and we’d like to invite you to become involved! The first issue, planned for September, is going to be aimed at new students arriving in Glasgow.
 
So if you have any ideas for material you would like to contribute, or would like to be involved in the process of producing this issue or future issues just get in touch by replying to this email. We look forward to hearing from you!

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For all the latest information why not get our summer newsletter? Just put “Newsletter” in the subject and send an email to isocsummer@gmail.com.

Alternatively, you can join the Summer Facebook Group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25484549902

These will be sold at £65 opposite the Visitor Centre in the main building on
Wednesday the 4th of June from 1230 until 1:30 in the afternoon, or until we
sell out.

If you wish to buy a ticket please bring along your membership card. These
tickets are for members only, although you may become a member at the ticket
sale for £2.

This new website aims to provide the information you need (trips information, etc.) and also a forum through which you can ask questions, discuss issues, and share your experiences - to get started, register your nickname on the right!

The homepage shows the most recent information posted to the site. You can navigate to specific categories of information through the navigation above and down the middle. You’re able to leave comments on posts, and you’ll find you can even create your own new posts!

As the site is new, please be patient if you find any problems and let us know so we can get it sorted. We look forward to any and all feedback about bugs, how to do something, or what more you’d like to see, and to watching the site grow with yours & our content - we’ve a number of additional featurse we plan to roll out during the year.

Enjoy!

iSoc Committee
guinternational@gla.ac.uk

How is the isoc experience going so far? It’s been marvellously exhausting for me, you can feel I’m happy right?

Here’s an idea: Let’s blow more life into our webpage, get your best ideas together, for the improvement of this space of ours!!

What polls or games or questions or pictures would you like to post or to see here, or amazing stories… or just a shout in the dark… what about the category: the weirdest thing in Glasgow…

shout it all out!

Most of all, keep that smile on, never put it away, or at least not for a long while!! No matter how early it gets dark, or how soon the exams are, iSoc is your warm and cosy place where it’s always light and fun!!!

 Luv 2 All,

Marina

All thee , gather Skye High!!!!

Our next fantastic trip is on 21-23 November, 3 amazing unforgettable days!!!

Isle of Skye, the most mysterious and breathtaking island in the Hebrides!
Discover the magic of Highlands, with fantastic overnight stay in a 4 star hostel at the Loch Ness shores. Some highlights:

* Go monster spotting and spend the night at Loch Ness
* Discover the magical Isle of Skye
* Explore the haunting beauty of Glencoe, scene of the infamous massacre
* View the stunning Eilean Donan Castle on Loch Duich
* Hear the bloody history of the clans, try on traditional Highland dress and see their weapons
* Taste some Haggis, washed down with a dram of whisky or Heather Ale

and all of that with a professional guide and the unforgettable and charming ISoc experience and international Skye High parties

More info in the newsletter, ticketsale on Tuesday!!

Luv to all

Marina

i greet all nigerian students in glasgow,i love u guys.

we are two Italian students and we’re just arrive in Glasgow.

Where can we go in the evening for enjoy and meet new erasmus guys?

Could you give us some advice