Oxford University

How to Find Your People

Education EN ↓ 3 episodes

These three podcasts aim to help you find friends and build relationships, overcome worries about networking, reflect on loneliness and how to address it, and ponder some of the benefits of contemplative solitude. This podcast series is for anyone who has worries about friendships while studying at the University of Oxford, whether as a newly arrived undergraduate or post-graduate, or as a more established student who has been studying here for some time. Common worries about friendships might include how to make friends and whether we have enough of them, why we might at times feel lonely, ev...

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Episode 3 - Doing the social rounds and reflecting on loneliness 13.10.2025 19:13

Doing the social rounds and reflecting on loneliness In the third and final podcast, we’ll talk about how to circulate and network at social events, reflect on loneliness versus solitude, the pros and cons of being on your own, what makes us feel lonely, and how you might address these kinds of feelings if you experience them. We’ll also have a brief think about how to start addressing some of the...

Episode 2 - Finding your people 13.10.2025 16:31

Looking for friends and breaking the ice In the second podcast, we’ll consider how you might go about meeting people – both in terms of where you might look for potential friends and what you might say to them when you find them. We’ll then go on to reflect on how to make closer personal connections with people with whom you might already be on friendly terms.

Episode 1 - Friends 13.10.2025 24:31

What do we mean by ‘friends’ and what might impact the size and composition of our friendship group? In the first podcast, we’ll think about what we might mean by a friend, the different kinds of social circles to which you might belong, and some of the factors which might impact how many friends you have and of what kind.