On this call we explored loneliness research and considered implications for SUs that are concerned about student mental health and wellbeing.
We also explored new research on belonging, asked what SUs can do to foster it and lobby for change in this space
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- When students are tutors belonging is built
- For a good student experience, isn’t it important to start off small?
- New ways of building community on campus
- Building belonging a year on – how has higher education changed?
- Academic societies can make students’ time on campus more magical
- Meet the SU with 1500 student leaders and a focus on subject belonging
- Facilitating interactions and connections between students outside of the classroom is crucial for belonging
- Building campus communities means putting down roots
- If students need belonging then their SUs need to change
- Only the lonely – loneliness, student activities and mental wellbeing
- Time for SUs to write a new chapter on community on campus
- It’s time we gave students credit for helping out
- Do students’ unions make a difference?
- Opportunity blocked: how lonely are students?
- How to tackle student loneliness
- More than one in four students feel lonely often or always
- Covid-19 has amplified student loneliness and distress
- Belonging inclusion and mental health are all connected
- Who are the UK’s loneliest students?
- How to tackle student loneliness before term starts
The social experiment: Our student life in the pandemic