“Solitari, terrificanti e spaventosi”: il 70% degli studenti nelle aule universitarie del Regno Unito si sente isolato, mostra un sondaggio
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/17/students-uk-university-halls-isolated-lonely-poll-shows
di StGuthlac2025
8 commenti
This surprises me because with social media they all go to uni knowing the people they are going to live with. In the pre Facebook days I walked in on that first day to 7 strangers
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People leave home and go to another city, don’t know anyone, shocker.
If this is indeed the case than it is entirely true that a whole generation has grown up not knowing how to socialise due to Covid and phone addiction.
This is going to lead to major issues down the line and is also why we are seeing such pressure on mental health services. Not a clue how to fix this, other than to say:
If you are one of these students, please engage with the Students Union, join soxieties, overcome your fears.
Your uni time is supposed to be the time of your life, it’s when you can and should experiment, make mistakes, find yourself. Don’t tell yourself anything other.
This is actually insane. Uni halls were barely 10 years ago the place where practically no one was alone. Massive social hubs. Constant social events.
It’s so weird and tbh we have graduates at work who basically sit in silence at lunch ignoring each other whereas before they’d be at least chatting or meeting after work.
It’s interesting how in a world where we’ve never been more connected people are feeling more alone. It’s almost as if online connections don’t translate into real life. When I was a student there was no end to social events going on. There was a constant buzz of activity among students.
I went to uni halls just before smartphones became a thing. I’m also incredibly socially anxious and prefer not to interact with strangers. To add to that, when I started uni I was teetotal for the first semester.
Despite that, during Freshers I met hundreds of people and ended up with 3 discrete groups of “friends” that I slowly winnowed down to 1 over the first year. This isn’t because I was secretly a social genius, but because it was made exceptionally easy for us – so many social events and societies organised – and we had nothing else to do.
I have no doubt were I to enter uni today I’d be one of those 1/3 who always feel isolated. Phones and COVID have a lot to answer for.
This is what happens when you let phones raise your kids. They’re terrified of talking to people.