ANU College is working with the Australian Homestay Network (AHN) to provide a safe, welcoming and quality accommodation option for students. A homestay experience with AHN offers supportive family-style environment to assist students’ adaptation to life in Canberra and Australia. For many students homestay is a memorable and unique cultural experience.

All AHN homestay families undertake a thorough registration process that includes training, police checks, personal interviews and home-inspections.

AHN Homestay Hosts are trained to assist international students with:

• Settling into their new community
• Understanding the basics of Australian culture
• Everyday conversational skills
• Learning the basics such as buying transport tickets, where the local shops are, how to access banking, internet, mobile phone and personal safety tips
• Frequently used English and 'Aussie' words and phrases

An AHN Homestay student is provided with:

• A supportive family environment and home to live in
• A clean furnished room (this includes items like a bed, desk, wardrobe, chair and a study lamp)
• Meals and accommodation (including utilities)
• Ongoing homestay host and student support
• AHN 24/7 professional phone support
• AHN Contents Insurance for students and hosts as per AHN Insurance Policy
http://www.homestaynetwork.org/public/ahn-insurance

The visiting student will have access to bathroom and laundry facilities as well and can choose a range of AHN meal service options. Students are welcome to extend their original homestay placement.