# Students Are Getting More Lonely, Not Less  ## Metadata - Author: [[Wonkhe]] - Full Title: Students Are Getting More Lonely, Not Less - Category: #Source/articles - URL: https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/students-are-getting-more-lonely-not-less/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Wonkhe%20SUs%20weekly%20briefing%20-%20Friday%2031%20March&utm_content=Wonkhe%20SUs%20weekly%20briefing%20-%20Friday%2031%20March+CID_899469654fdd89671bd84053cb4d3024&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=as%20the%20government%20publishes%20its%20fourth%20annual%20report%20on%20tackling%20the%20issue ## Highlights - the number of ==adults (16+) experiencing chronic loneliness in England has remained consistent== over the last five years at 6 per cent, based on data from DCMS’ [Community Life Survey](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/community-life-survey-202122/community-life-survey-202122-wellbeing-and-loneliness) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h5j0m1abdmxmr892nxn7vc9a)) - In 2018, it even introduced a new national measure of loneliness with the aim of collecting more data on loneliness and measuring it more consistently ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h5j0mdyyt07y5f5m8y6dnadm)) - this time last year, ==17 per cent of students said they were lonely “often or always” and 29 per cent said they were lonely “some of the time” – much higher than the average for adults or wider young people.== ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h5j0mpegyv707w3gm6kb58yk)) - ==this year, with Omicron a distant memory, ONS still found 17 per cent of students saying they were lonely “often or always”== and now 33 per cent said they were lonely “some of the time”. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h5j0n7vy5g7f9dqjdfp24me1)) - The student loneliness problem is worse, and is ==getting worse ==([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h5j0nhjax023ccynfj2vg9na))