[See full report here](https://wonkhe.com/wp-content/wonkhe-uploads/2019/03/Only-the-lonely-8-Page_v2-003.pdf) #### Background: - ONS survey questions- use these questions - Students less satisfied than young people - Students think the things they do in their life are less worthwhile than young people - disability, gender, poorer students etc lower scores still. - 16% said they felt lonely every day. Disabled students twice as likely. - Another 32% said that they felt lonely every week - Only 77% agree that people are there for them if students need it. International students 10pp less likely to agree. - 16.6% said that they didn't have any true friends at university. 20% of international students say they have "no true friends". - More likely to feel lonely if live at home with parents. Private Halls next. HMOS are best. - Things get better through the course. 29.6% of first years. But still 12.6% of final year students. - Friendship acquisition - Chinese students the most lonely? #### Correlation Involvement in [[Salford SU Student Opportunities Department]] is correlated to better wellbeing: - Every type of engagement gives positive rates in wellbeing - Every type of engagement gives better rates of friendship - Correlation or causation? - But if we could cause more students to become involved in SU life then that will have a positive result. #### Anxious students - View their studies or their environment as a threat to themselves. - Worse if lonely, ostracised, marginalised. Pandemic factors, also minority groups. - Also arises from fear of failure, or consequences of failure.