Too many students are lost between the offer and the second year. Arrival helps you keep them.
Before they arrive
4 in 10 international students who accepted an offer never got far enough to apply for a visa
Make sure they turn up.
UK, September 2026 intake: offer-holders who didn’t receive a CAS. Enroly data briefing.
In the first year
1 in 8 students who started didn’t make it to a second year
Make sure they stay.
England, 2022–23 entrants. Office for Students, October 2025.
iPhone, Android and laptop. Your name and colours, in ten languages.
Admissions, accommodation, IT, fees and the students’ union each write to new students on their own. The student is left to piece it together.
Emails, PDFs and portals, each in its own place. Hard to follow, and hard for your team to see.
Northbridge · Your steps
One list, in your name and in their language. Your team sees who has done each step.
Messages timed to each student’s arrival date, like an airline before a flight. We suggest them. You set them.
Day one
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Welcome to Northbridge’s arrival programme
Three things to start with.
60 days to go
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Your visa steps
These come first. Your checklist walks you through them.
30 days to go
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Money and flights
Book your flight, and plan your first weeks’ money.
21 days to go
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Book your free airport pickup
Northbridge meets every flight on 18 and 19 November.
The day before
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You arrive tomorrow
Your address, getting there, and who to contact.
Week one
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How’s your first week going?
It’s normal for it to feel like a lot.
Change the wording or timing, switch one off, aim it at one intake, or add your own.
A step in the app, or your own enrolment or pickup page.
Mid-morning their time, one a day and three a week at most, and skipped once it’s done.
How many each message reached, how many opened it, and how many went on to do it.
Phone first, then email. Parents get their own messages as arrival nears, alongside your announcements and new events.
Your incoming cohort in one live view, soonest arrival first. Nudge one student or the whole list, in your name.
See the portalFree to every student.
No ads. No paid upgrades.
Universities, colleges, pathway providers and national bodies
Every incoming student gets the programme under your name, free to them. You get the portal and one annual licence.
You’re in the right place.
Book a demoStudents preparing on their own
Our pre-arrival courses for students preparing to study abroad on their own, bought directly or through an education agent.
arrivalacademy.com
Your branding, your steps, welcome week and contacts. We draw your campus map.
From a personal link in the acceptance email you already send. No list to upload.
Who’s ready, who’s stalled and what they’re asking, every week.
One licence a year for your whole intake, quoted for your size. Free to every student.