~ [[102.01 Create StratEx Presentation on the Tackling Loneliness Strategy]] ## Key points - Many of the concerns that we have at the moment can be related to a lack of social connection, the ripping of the fabric of society, social media, etc. - Digital disruption and algorithms are forcing people apart, into more polarised states, and allowing them to be captured by far left and far right ideologies. - This contributes to political polarisation, which in turn creates more difficulties for university strategy and the role and nature of our institutions. - Economic precarity and cost of living crisis is forcing people to work when they would otherwise be relaxing or socialising. - Democratic erosion leaves people feeling disempowered and fragmented, with limited agency. - these are all having an impact on the world in which we operate and instiutional responses, which in turn has an impact on the student experience ## Emotional arguments - How many times have we been called upon by religious leaders to focus on our "shared humanity"? Perhaps loneliness is the lens that we need to look through to ensure that this is fundemantal- when we look across all religions, groups etc this is central - ## Diagram ![[Pasted image 20251125094348.png]]