UK government launches campaign to tackle loneliness at universities

‘Going to university can be the biggest transition young people have faced,’ said the minister for loneliness, Stuart Andrew. Photograph: Klubovy/Getty Images

Millions of teenagers across Britain will arrive at university for the first time on Monday as freshers’ week begins.

Almost all will experience bouts of loneliness with nearly half being worried they will be judged if they admit to it, according to a sample of 1,000 students, collected by YouGov for the government.