# Questions about Varsio, answered.

URL: https://varsio.co.uk/answers
Updated: 2026-11-11


What universities ask us before a demo, each with a short answer here and the detail and sources one click away.

## [What is Varsio?](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/what-is-varsio)

Varsio is a white-label campus app for UK universities, made by Shacksolutions. A university's pilot launches with an app for its students under the university's own name and crest, a web dashboard where staff send notices to chosen groups of students and see how many read them, and an assistant that answers from the sources the university approves.

## [How long does it take to launch Varsio?](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/how-long-does-a-launch-take)

Varsio can be live in 2 to 4 weeks from the day we have sign-in access, the connections we agree for your pilot and your App Store account. You start with a one-term paid pilot, which we set up and run.

## [How much does Varsio cost?](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/how-much-does-varsio-cost)

Varsio does not publish a price. You start with a one-term paid pilot at one written price, fixed for the whole term, and if you ask, we send pilot pricing before your demo so your finance team can review it in advance.

## [How does Varsio protect student data?](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/how-does-varsio-protect-student-data)

Shacksolutions is Cyber Essentials certified and registered with the ICO, and our data processing agreement carries the term "Never trained on student data." Before launch we will host student data in the UK, commission an independent penetration test and give your data protection officer a DPIA pack.

## [Is the Varsio app accessible?](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/is-the-varsio-app-accessible)

Before it launches at your university, the Varsio app will be built to WCAG 2.2 AA and tested with the VoiceOver and TalkBack screen readers. This website aims for WCAG 2.2 AA too, and its accessibility statement says how it was tested and what it does not yet do.

## [What does Varsio connect to?](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/what-does-varsio-connect-to)

Varsio's planned connections are Microsoft sign-in, a timetable feed from Syllabus Plus or Celcat, and links to Moodle, Canvas and Blackboard. The app also opens your students' union and halls apps, and we add further integrations as a university needs them.

## [How does the Varsio assistant work?](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/how-does-the-assistant-work)

The assistant, which a university's pilot launches with, answers students' questions from the pages and systems your university approves, shows the sources it used, and asks the student to confirm before it books or reports anything. Your staff choose its sources, see what students ask, and keep the matters it is set up to refer to them.

## [RHUL Mobile: the campus app Varsio grew from](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/rhul-mobile-case-study)

RHUL Mobile is an independent campus app for Royal Holloway students. Hasseeb Hussain launched it in 2020, and Shacksolutions has run it since 2021. 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 is built to give a university the same kind of app under its own name, with its notices and support inside.

## [How does Varsio compare with campusM, myday and others?](https://varsio.co.uk/answers/varsio-compared-with-other-campus-apps)

Varsio, campusM, myday, ReadyCampus and Modo Labs all give students one app for campus information and notices under their university's brand. They differ in who makes them, how far each has got with an AI assistant, and what they publish about customers and security. Varsio is the newest, and its app, dashboard and assistant launch with a university's pilot.