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Looking after your child’s emotional wellbeing as they start school in the UK
A good educational guardian is indispensable in helping students navigate the emotional challenges of starting at boarding school in the UK, so that they feel settled, supported and emotionally secure.
Six easy steps to becoming a host family
Discover the 6 easy steps to becoming a host family with Oxford Guardians, and explain what resources are available to ensure that this is a great experience for everyone involved.
Gold Standard Education Guardianship
In this blog we will look at the inspection and accreditation system for education guardians, and explain why securing Gold Standard approval is so important to Oxford Guardians.
Host international students for short stays
In this blog, we will look at the benefits of becoming a host family to students who need a home for shorter breaks (such as half-term holidays and exeat weekends) rather than throughout the academic year. At Oxford Guardians our short-stay host families provide short homestays across the UK.
Oxford Guardians provides fast help in any emergency
Sometimes life does not go according to plan. Anything from a school closure to a worldwide pandemic can impact daily life, and the test of a good education guardian team is how well they help and support their international student through such disruption.
How native speakers help international students studying in the UK
We asked Negar Nemati, who lived in Iran before coming to England, how her fluency in Farsi helps make life easier for families employing Oxford Guardians. Negar has just finished her PhD in Forensic Psychology, and is now in her fourth year of working with Oxford Guardians as an education guardian.
