{"id":42006,"date":"2019-03-28T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T12:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=42006"},"modified":"2019-03-28T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T12:15:13","slug":"uk-university-accommodation-facilitating-students-needs-adding-strain-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/uk-university-accommodation-facilitating-students-needs-adding-strain-mental-health","title":{"rendered":"Are UK university accommodation services straining students&#8217; mental health?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Empty Shoes protest at Nottingham University highlighted a growing crisis in students\u2019 mental health. Is their home away from home a factor in mental illness?<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42082\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42082\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42082\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/unhappy-face_-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Visual representation of sadness. Photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/joshloweshow\/\">Joshua Lowe.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Chloe Chapman moved into her university accommodation in Cardiff, she was exhilarated by a new chapter of her life at university.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman, a Cardiff-based student originally from Kent who recently decided to take a year out off university, came to Cardiff to first realise that she began to feel slightly \u201cspaced out\u201d from a monthly basis, a weekly basis, to a daily basis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42055\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-42055 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Chloe-625x352.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42055 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Chloe-625x352.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Chloe Chapman in Cardiff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t entirely content with my accommodation in terms of basic things such as size and stuff, but it didn\u2019t really bother me during the first few weeks when I was just enjoying my new life with new friends, without any academic anxieties,\u201d said Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>However, slowly yet surely, for Chapman, university housing was beginning to cast a shadow over her student life.<\/p>\n<p>Chapman explained that in her accommodation, every student lived only with minimal space for everything.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bathrooms had no doors or shower curtains that leads to damp, creating a chain reaction of inviting bugs. Us, students got the blame and were nagged by cleaners who leave a little note in our rooms specifying the areas to be cleaned,&#8221; described Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>Fire alarms would go off at random intervals throughout the night, either distracting their revision or hounding them out of their sleep at 2:00 or 3:00 a.m. every day.<\/p>\n<p>On top of these, &#8220;the heating system in the rooms did not have an on\/off switch and only worked irregularly. My neighbour would sleep in the corridor every day as the heating system was left on in the corridor leaving the corridor warmer than our rooms,&#8221; explained Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had been stuck in the same situation for months and I\u2019d feel like a rat running in a circle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBasically, I\u2019d wake up every morning feeling lethargic. And then, this massive feeling of despair would kick in. Students are, deep down inside, more vulnerable than they appear to mental health issues, especially being away from home,\u201d said Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>In a matter of two months, her awful living conditions destroyed her mental wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>As a teenager, Chapman was a very outdoorsy girl surrounded by many friends who would also immerse herself in a variety of sports including volleyball, football, tennis, and more. But she had undergone mental health issues such as anxiety with minor complications. \u201cIt hadn\u2019t really affected my grades at school, and I was still doing alright, actually more than alright, so at first I didn\u2019t take it so seriously at Uni.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResidences staff within the accommodation as well as the security team were who I think worsened the whole situation, leaving me in despair. Individually, some staff seemed nice, but there was always a sense of aloofness in the way they spoke to me and absolutely nobody dared to mediate as a problem occurred,\u201d said Chapman.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, she had to take some time out after being diagnosed with symptoms of depression, insomnia, and claustrophobia.<\/p>\n<p>Some people find life in university accommodation problematic to varying degrees, but others who live in student accommodation not run by the university do not seem to be having as many issues.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42054\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-42054 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Daniel-625x352.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42054 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/Daniel-625x352.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> Daniel Dabbs in a library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Daniel Dabbs, another Cardiff-based student, said: \u201cHaving my own \u2018space\u2019 at the start of my master\u2019s had a positive impact on my mental health. At the start of my course, I did not know anyone in Cardiff nor much information regarding the city itself being far from home. However, if my accommodation was not up to my needs, this would have definitely had a negative impact on mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lives in private student accommodation and is only sharing his flat with two other flatmates who are also postgraduate students.<\/p>\n<p>Cardiff University offers all international students as well as local\/British undergraduate students a place in university halls while local\/British postgraduate students do not qualify to apply for university accommodations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, if I could have applied for uni halls with other postgrads or uni students at Cardiff, that would\u2019ve been good,\u201d said Dabbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHousing is a contributing factor in managing mental health well, and recent studies recognised housing as a significant challenge for students\u2019 mental health,\u201d said John Morris, a Cardiff-based clinical psychology researcher, describing the link between mental health and accommodation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container-wrapper-genially\" style=\"min-height: 400px;max-width: 100%\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"loader-genially\" style=\"width: 80px;height: 80px;margin: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/genially.blob.core.windows.net\/genially\/version3.0\/loader.gif\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"loader-genially\" style=\"width: 80px;height: 80px;margin: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/genially.blob.core.windows.net\/genially\/version3.0\/loader.gif\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div id=\"5c9c0999aaa5040bbcacf0f3\" class=\"genially-embed\" style=\"margin: 0px auto;height: auto;width: 100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(function (d) { var js, id = &#8220;genially-embed-js&#8221;, ref = d.getElementsByTagName(&#8220;script&#8221;)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; } js = d.createElement(&#8220;script&#8221;); js.id = id; js.async = true; js.src = &#8220;https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/static\/embed\/embed.js&#8221;; ref.parentNode.insertBefore(js, ref); }(document));<\/p>\n<p>Mental health is a growing issue on and off campuses across the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2019-03-depression-20s-linked-memory-loss.html\">A recent study by University of Sussex<\/a> shows that adults who experienced depression and anxiety in their 20s had a decrease in memory function by the time they are in their 50s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42081\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42081\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/How-depression-and-anxiety-speed-up-cognitive-ageing.-Credit-Amber-John-University-of-Sussex-625x975.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"975\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42081\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/03\/How-depression-and-anxiety-speed-up-cognitive-ageing.-Credit-Amber-John-University-of-Sussex-625x975.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"975\" \/><\/noscript> How depression and anxiety speed up cognitive ageing (Credit &#8211; Amber John, University of Sussex).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are British universities doing enough to prevent the rise in mental health issues, amongst students in their institutions? 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