“…Teaching is usually considered a caring profession, yet care in higher education settings is rarely studied (Anderson, Rabello, Wass, Golding, Rangi & Eteuati, 2020;Baice, Fonua, Levy, Allen & Wright, 2021;Barnacle & Dall'Alba, 2017;Dowie-Chin & Schroeder, 2020;Mariskind, 2014;Walker & Gleaves, 2016;Walker, Gleaves, & Grey, 2006). In this reflective piece, I reflect on my experiences supporting offshore international students during the pandemic, where care-full teaching developed into a communal form of care that is based on recognition and dialogic relationship with students.…”