Overseas Student Advisory Committee

The Overseas Student Advisory Committee (OSAC) is a partnership made up of:

• Language Schools

• Local transport providers

• Sussex Police, and

• Officers from Eastbourne Borough Council

It has been recognised that language school student visitors are a positive economic impact on the town. Information provided to OSAC has shown that during 2006 there were in excess of 30,000 students in Eastbourne.

Following joint discussions over the winter of 2006, the OSAC Committee has agreed to work to a joint protocol for the safety and protection of language school student visitors to Eastbourne.

The protocol sets out what the police will do if an incident occurs during a student’s stay, how language schools will work with host families to plan for activities and the safe return of students.