Together, the support group will work to lower the social isolation of being a postgrad student. They will do this by allowing participants to share their lived experiences of loneliness and the parts of being a postgrad student that they find are making it more difficult to live their happiest and healthiest lives.
Together, the support group will work to lower the social isolation of being a postgrad student
The official description gives the topics as 'post COVID 19 effects, being new to the city, mature & international student experiences, sharing and identifying key social and accessible "hubs/assets" within the city and helpful mindfulness "tips and tricks"'. The idea that the support group runs weekly with regular visitors will in its own way encourage friendships and lower feelings of loneliness and isolation. The group also encourages its regular visitors to orchestrate the sessions to their own wants and needs - from 'arts and crafts' to 'hosting a guest speaker on key relevant topics'.
Endeavours like this are so important to encourage communication between people who may find it more difficult having potentially left their undergraduate university to move to Newcastle. It is also a great way to combat the natural but isolating loneliness that comes with moving to a new city, or even just finding that the social group formed during undergrad splits apart after graduation.
Endeavours like this are so important to encourage communication between people who may find it more difficult having potentially left their undergraduate university to move to Newcastle
The support group meets every Tuesday between 1-2pm, in the Martin Luther King Room on the first floor of the Students Union.
For any further information, email clinicallead@newcastle.ac.uk