Education Policy
Supporting International Students in Crisis
March 2011
ICOS drew attention to the special duty of care institutions have to their international students, especially in crisis situations, following an unprecedented level of upheaval and suffering in several parts of the world, brought about by natural disasters in Japan and New Zealand and violent political conflicts in Libya, Bahrain and other North African and Middle Eastern countries .
Response to International Education Strategy and New Immigration Regime
December 2010
While satisfied with the broad thrust of the Government’s new strategy and policies, ICOS would like to take this opportunity to comment on some of the proposed measures which the organisation feels need further elaboration or should be reviewed or strengthened.
» ICOS official response to International Education Strategy and New Immigration Regime
Submission to the Minister for Education and Science on International Education
September 2003
ICOS responded to a Background Note from the Department of Education which set out the government's proposal to expand and develop Ireland's international education activities. We welcomed the Minister's initiative in establishing an interdepartmental group to consider the best ways forward and outlined our own role and activities with the hope that they could be integrated in an appropriate way with the new developments at national and institutional level. ICOS offered comments and suggestions that we hoped would be helpful at the start of the process and looked forward to further dialogue.