VarsioSee your university's app

A campus app students open.Engagement you can measure.

Bring everyday campus essentials, university notices and student support into one branded app. From the team behind RHUL Mobile.

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Case study: RHUL Mobile

A campus app students chose for themselves.

We have run RHUL Mobile, an independent app for Royal Holloway students, since 2021. Students came for live bus times, laundry and the campus map. On 26 October 2026 it had 5,612 student accounts, 43% of Royal Holloway's 13,200 students, and more students use it without an account. Varsio gives your university the same reach, under your name, with your notices and support inside.

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student accounts
5,612
of 13,200 students
43%
from 40 UK ratings
4.9
live since
2020

RHUL Mobile is built and run by Shacksolutions. It is not part of, affiliated with or endorsed by Royal Holloway, University of London or its Students' Union, and we do not own their names. Student accounts are from RHUL Mobile's records on 26 October 2026, and the rating is 4.9 from 40 UK App Store ratings on 11 November 2026.

One app for the whole student day.

Students open to their timetable, with support services one tap from the home screen and everyday campus services below.

Example screens for the fictional University of Wessex, with made-up figures.

  1. 01

    Shows the next lecture, the room and the walking time, with a link to the course site. Students can switch between today and the full week.

    Planned connections
    • Microsoft sign-in
    • Syllabus Plus or Celcat
    • Moodle
    • Canvas
    • Blackboard
  2. 02

    Live departures from the stops nearest to halls and campus, so students can plan their journey.

  3. 03

    Library opening hours and the study rooms available now, bookable from the same list.

  4. 04

    Every building and room on one campus map, with walking times from their current location.

  5. 05

    NSS question 26 asks students how well wellbeing support was communicated. In England, condition E6 asks you to keep one clear source on harassment and how to report it. Varsio puts both one tap from the home screen.

  6. 06

    Notices arrive as notifications and stay in the app, so a room change reaches only the students it affects.

  7. 07

    Events across campus tonight and this week, with a link to your students' union app for its own listings.

An assistant that knows your campus.

It answers questions from the pages and systems you approve, shows the sources it used, and asks the student to confirm before it books or reports anything.

  1. 01

    Students type a question in their own words.

  2. 02

    It reads the pages and systems you approve, and shows which ones it used.

  3. 03

    It asks the student to confirm before it books or reports anything.

AI can make mistakes. Students can check each answer against the source it links to.

What it leaves to your team.

Some matters belong with your staff. It is set up to refer these to your team and direct the student to the right service.

  • Marks and grades
  • Attendance
  • Visa attendance
  • Payments
  • Anything personal

Wellbeing and harassment. It directs students to your official reporting route rather than taking a report itself.

Reach the right students, and see who read it.

A web dashboard your staff sign in to. They send notices, post news, upload guides and choose what the assistant reads, then see what students opened and used. Read rates arrive within a day, and names are never shown.

  1. 01Notices

    Reach only the students it affects.

    Target by year, course or hall, or combine them: Year 1 and Psychology reaches first-year psychology students only.

  2. 02Read rates

    Know whether it was read.

    See how many read each notice within 24 hours, by year, course and hall. No names, and no group under 10.

  3. 03News

    Put news on the Home screen.

    Publish with a photo, schedule it and choose who sees it.

  4. 04Guides

    Upload your own guides.

    Add PDFs and handbooks for the students you choose, and the assistant can answer from them.

  5. 05Analytics

    See how students use the app.

    Weekly active students, the most-used features and peak hours.

  6. 06Assistant

    Decide what the assistant reads.

    See what students ask, and turn each source on or off.

How we protect student data

The app carries your name and crest. You receive our data commitments in writing before you sign, and an independent security test before launch.

Where student data lives

We will host student data in the UK. Any supplier that handles it elsewhere will be named in our sub-processor list. On your instruction we will delete it within 30 days, backups included, and at contract end we will return or delete it.

In place today

  • Cyber Essentials certified
  • Built by a team that has launched a campus app before
  • We run RHUL Mobile, with 5,612 Royal Holloway student accounts
  • Registered with the ICO, ZC251198
  • UK company, registered in England and Wales

In your contract

  • Never trained on student data.
  • The no-training clause in our data processing agreement
  • Contract template
  • List of every supplier that handles student data
  • Your data back at the end, and a written exit plan

Before launch

  • UK hosting for student data
  • Independent penetration test
  • DPIA pack for your data protection officer
  • Privacy page in the app
  • App built to WCAG 2.2 AA, tested with VoiceOver and TalkBack

What's included

Everything on this page is covered by one agreement, at a price agreed before you sign.

Start with a one-term paid pilot.

We set up and run the pilot. Your staff have the admin panel from day one, with weekly figures on sign-ups, read rates and use.

One written price, fixed for the whole term. Ask and we will send pilot pricing before your demo, so your finance team can review it in advance.

One agreement covers all eight items. We reply within one working day.

Ask for pilot pricing
  1. 01

    Live in 2 to 4 weeks

    From the day we have what we need from you: sign-in access, the connections we agree for your pilot and your App Store account. Published under your name on iPhone and Android.

  2. 02

    Integrations on request

    Planned: Microsoft sign-in, timetable feeds, and links to Moodle, Canvas and Blackboard. We add further integrations as you need them.

  3. 03

    Notices and analytics

    Send notices to any group and see how many read them.

  4. 04

    The assistant

    Answers from your own pages, shows its sources and waits for the student to confirm before acting.

  5. 05

    Links to your SU and halls

    Students can open your SU and halls apps from inside yours.

  6. 06

    Support in writing

    • 99.5% uptime
    • 1-hour response to outages in term time
    • Named contact
  7. 07

    Non-exclusive contract

    You are free to use other suppliers alongside us.

  8. 08

    Your data back, and a written exit plan

    At contract end we will return or delete your data, and you will have a written plan for moving on.

See a demo with your university's name on it.

Tell us about your university, and we will show you the app with your name, colours and crest.

  1. 1We reply by email within one working day to arrange a time.
  2. 2We prepare the demo with your university's branding.
  3. 3We walk you through it on a call.
  4. 4In the first week of a pilot, your students' union sends a notice and you see how many students read it.

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