The Healthy Relationships Project was developed by the International Experience Team in Sheffield Hallam University, and co-funded by UKCISA. In July 2016 we were awarded the inaugural Professor Paul Webley Award for Innovation in International Education in recognition for our work to improve the sexual education of international students. The toolkit is available for download from this blog site.

We regularly ask our students for feedback about the healthy relationship sessions. Here are some examples of comments by our students who have participated in the sessions: “Information about sexual health and contraception is needed by international students – I have different contraception methods in my country and I felt confused here. Great initiative and…

We have been privileged to work alongside our international student health facilitators. The photo shows our first group of faciliators, who helped us set up the project and contribute to its content and direction. Since starting the project we have employed facilitators from different countries (including for example America, Malaysia, China, Germany) and from a…

The Healthy Relationships Project: A Toolkit for a Successful Sexual Health Campaign for International Students was initiated in response to an increase in the number of female international students seeking medical advice due to unwanted pregnancies. We had also had some cases of international students who reported feeling under pressure to enter into sexual relationships whilst studying in…