Loneliness and Mental Health
During Challenges Online Week, students from across the world worked remotely on a group project to address an aspect of their Challenge. As part of their project, students created outputs including podcasts, social media campaigns, websites and apps and presented their work in the form of a video. The projects that the students produced in the Loneliness and Mental Health Challenge are shown below
Covid-19 and Student Loneliness
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Two of the university's Research Fellows, Charlotte Jones and Fred Cooper, argue that Covid-19 seems to be creating the conditions for new extremes of detachment and isolation amongst students. Find out more here.
Business proposal for a team of student volunteers who will contact students in quarantine
Virtual Facebook community for people to interact along with a podcast to answer people’s questions
Friendli is an app designed by students, for students, to help everyone feel less lonely at university
App to help students connect better on campus
Website to run alongside the wellbeing app offering opportunities and facilities that the University currently doesn’t
University moderated social media connecting students with mutual interests
Family system connecting students virtually despite Covid-19 restrictions
App for university students and alumni to match people based on their interested
Resource where people can find help for their mental health
Project to reconnect those that are lonely through playing online games
Peer-led society supporting students in reconnecting with university life
Educational infographic on mental health, a resource and helpline booklet, and a Facebook page