As an international student from Norway who cannot go home for the holidays, I believe that our University and the Student's Union has many tools and support services which can help international students cope with lonelieness. However, I feel like there is a lack of information or posts available on the SUSU Facebook page or on any other of SUSU's social media platforms that talk about tackling lonelieness and posts aimed towards international students in particular, which offer help or support. I believe there is more that the Student's Union can do to support international students during these unprecedented times, and to make international students feel like they are being represented and heard.

I found that the video SUSU posted on Facebook a six months ago about tackling lonelieness during the first lockdown was very helpful, as it was nice to hear international students talk about their experiences, as I could relate to them. During this period, I believe it is important to make international students aware that there are support services that they can reach out to, that there are many students who are in similar situations, and that they are not alone. I believe that similar posts/videos (the Facebook post mentioned) featuring international students would be extremely helpful for other international students who may feel isolated or lonely, and will make them feel heard and supported by the University and the Student's Union.