## Metadata - Author: James Hewison - Full Title: Student-Academic-Experience-Survey-2023 - URL: https://tacklingyouthloneliness.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Student-Academic-Experience-Survey-2023.pdf - Date: 2023-10-05 - ## Highlights ## Intro - In a related question, first introduced in 2022, we asked students about how often they feel lonely. Around ==one-in-four students feel lonely all or most of the time==, while at the other end of the scale, a similar proportion feel lonely on rare occasions or not at all. Overall, although we do not yet have a lengthy time series of data, loneliness has increased, with a statistically significant ==3 percentage point increase in the proportion who feel lonely all or most of the time==. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpsszg5kst2hwaaqs893rr)) -  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpszym0kkdz9xgy41awadt)) ## Type of accommodation The levels of loneliness reported by ==students who live on their own are very high==. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzptryqc78wbcg2cxcn9mkm)) -  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpv1hmm6pm3yzped092jp9)) ## Other qualifications - those students who are studying other qualifications, including ==apprenticeships or foundation degrees==, are significantly more likely to suffer from loneliness. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpvmec0ycscsq0knvyy9g2)) - could be related to a propensity to be mature students and therefore not living in more typical undergraduate accommodation ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpvza9ha0s33y086rsv5wm)) -  ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpwa8a8fnfxnjw6f0srdch)) - this data potentially points towards a ==greater need for institutions and wider sector communication to explain how different this experience is likely to be==. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpwz17jsdb1pgvjy8v8nqe)) ## Recommendations - Students living at home with family, in non-university halls or in a house on their own are more likely to experience loneliness than those in university halls, or in a flat or house with others. ==Institutions should consider tailoring their work on supporting students who experience loneliness, based on different forms of accommodation.== - For example, ==ensuring that social activities are available== to those who live at home with their families and those who live on their own. Providers of non-university halls may also want to consider their social networking and support offers. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpxvb3f2cvwn6va6rja0nd)) - Students on foundation degrees, apprenticeships, HNDs, HNCs and certificates and diplomas of higher education are more likely to suffer from loneliness than those on Bachelor degrees. Providers of these courses should also consider their social networking and support offers. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hbzpy520zkvvcg9753wmzk81))