Loneliness or isolation

If a student is struggling with feelings of isolation, you can reassure them that they are not alone.

Many people have encountered this problem at University and there is lots of guidance online specifically for University students.

Some things you can explore with them include:

• Encourage them to make contact with their STaR Mentor if a new UG student.
• Encourage them to join a club or a society that would interest them. Is there a society related to their subject? RUSU often runs a buddying scheme so students don’t need to attend alone for the first time.
• Review the Student Life Events with them and encourage them to go along to some events to meet people.
• Find out what they enjoy doing and help them to investigate how they could meet  like minded people inside or outside the university.
• Encourage them to volunteer or get a part-time job on or off campus and meet others that way.